Yannus

My limited experience so far, tells me that the only way to get a mooring is to buy a boat that's in a marina and then negotiate to keep it in the same place. I did the whole nine yards on appollo duck but got nowhere. This marina is more of a boatyard that has about 8 slots, so no tenure just a quarterly contract I think. I'm open to any other suggestions about how to find owned mooring.

Thanks, fortunately I don't need to travel for work, I can work on the boat as I make my living from being a composer. But I have a lovely studio in my home that is my main production line, so I would like to return home every now and then to finish things. I'm sure I can find friends that can babysit the boat for a while. I'm 5 years from getting my pension too , so probably 10 years from being too creaky to carry on boating. Obviously I want to make the most of this time I have this summer. I think the soonest I could head off is in about a month. Maybe I'd be best taking it all the way down to Oxford and then selling it and getting a 57' for local use. Thanks. For my first trip I'm going to take a friend or too to help out.

Thank you so much for thoroughly quantifying the problem. Maybe this is the reason the boat is a little under priced? If it was somewhere down south it would presumably be worth more? I'm guessing here. But does a good boat in a tricky location become less valuable?

I can imagine being a boat mover was pretty high on the list of best jobs, but paying someone to take your boat over the Rochdale is presumably going to be close to £500 quid at a guess. Thanks for the advice , all advice is good at this stage. I suppose my biggest fear as a new boater is running out of gas and electric/diesel in a middle of nowhere because I can't get back and can't find a marina with space.

The boat (I'll probably buy) is currently in Tod. I don't absolutely need to be there but from my research I'd be very lucky to find anywhere to put it nearby (I'm based in Holmfirth) and it comes with a lovely spot to moor. Thanks for telling me that I can get to Salter Hebble that's a nice day trip I could do many times and that's encouraging. I think I can similarly do a day trip up the Rochdale If I want a work out, maybe half way up and then find a winding hole and come back. But If I want a holiday let's say for a fortnight then I guess I'd just be exploring Manchester and coming back? And if I want to spend a week floating through beautiful tree lined English loveliness then I think I'd have to be away for a month or more. And if I want to make sure I have moorings to come back to then (from what I know so far) I'd also need to head back to Tod by September as the Rochdale is more likely to be closed in winter? I'm not sure if I'm correct about this but someone said that the rochdale is closed often in the winter?

Hello, I'm interested in buying a boat in Todmorden that is 62' long and I'm aware I can't travel eastward because of the lock length and I'm worried about the Rochdale, is it true that it is closed more often than it is open? Will I end up marooned in lovely Todmorden? Will it mean that any trip out will risk not being able to get back for months? I'd like to enjoy the canal system but fear that I may end up frustrated. Todmorden is lovely but am I effectively getting a static boat? Thanks in advance for any advice, I'm a new to this forum so apologies if I'm asking a vague question.