Thanks for all the advice everyone. I've been to the bank and have the money. My friend who has lived on a boat for nearly two years has seen this one and said he would sell his and buy this so thats a good start in my eyes. The brokers have a ssured me of a new BSC licence valid for 4yrs. They had a survey done a couple of weeks ago before it came to the marina and said they are happy to for me look at this survey but if I want to pay to get another one done no problem (again, the bloke who did this survey did my friends). They are throwing in new cratch covers, re paint, battery charger, new shower, toilet and sink etc etc - although I am aware these are superficial. I am going tomorrow to finalise details and taking my dad with me to ask a few more techincal questions, look over the survey and finalise a price. . . . . . any final words of wisdom?? xx