Yannus

I very much trust the seller, I've seen him for 7 months work hard to get the boat fixed up. Everyone on the marina knows he's done a good job. He's a welder himself so if it had needed overplating he would have done it. He was no carpenter though and the thing that made the boat tatty was the internal woodwork and fortunatly thats my skill. To be honest, I met a lot of dodgy guys when I looked at boats for over a year but I trusted this guy. Maybe I'm wrong but I'm usualy good at spotting honest people. he told me what was wrong with the boat and I spent a long time discussing the boat with him (probably over 40 hours) I've had a river test and got a couple of experienced boaty friends check it over (both in the water and out). Worst case scenario it needs more than 10k spending on it, and if that happens I'm happy to pay it and sail it down to Berkshire and still not take a loss on the sale. Thankfully the Blacking was done in the summer, after wire brushing it right back. I clearly need to have a good chat with the insuring companies. or insurance broker? I can live with third party , I'm a very careful cruiser.

Yes they have a crane at Todmorden but I'm told it's not suitable for a 12 ton 62 footer, so they claim to be getting a bigger Crane in just for me and at a 'special' price of £600. At rugby the crane was £400 and it looked smaller than the one they have at todmorden. But I'm not an expert on cranes obviously. Any dry docks on the Rochdale?

I will, thanks.

Thankfully it's already got a brand new BSS. BSC I meant to say.

My first survey was not with a good surveyer (in dewsbury) for an overpriced 45 footer @ 45k nothing on the boat was good. The second was a boat I looked at in Rugby Boats who I thought had a good reputation the surveyer was fantastic, the interior was excellent but it needed overplating on the base plate - it was also nearly 1k per foot. The last survey in 2013 showed the base of my boat was 10mm evrywhere and the sides pretty good too. It hasn't been anywhere since as was used as a 'static' base (hardly surprising because Todmorden is lovely) Also I paid £572 per foot. I want to move about a bit though. so it must be good for cruising.

I've tried a couple of insurers (online - not spoken to them yet) and they both say because the boat is over 30 (it's 31) and because the last survey was over 10 years ago (11) it needs a survey. The way I've thought it through is that I should get a survey anyway as it will help sell the boat eventualy. and give me some peace of mind hopefully. I've been quoted £600 for the crane out so thankyou very much for mentioning shire cruisers, I'll be sure to check out their prices.. I'll also look in to third party cover. thanks.

Fortunatly I had a good chance to look at the hull when it was on dry land having been craned out for blacking, watched it being wire brushed right back and blacked multiple times, and had the chance to buy it at a very good price. Also I wasted several thousand getting surveys that did'nt work out. But yes, I should have had a survey but got 5k knocked off instead!

Thanks, I actual need a survey so that I can get insurance. Is that different to a pre-purchase survey or the same? I'm very new to all this. I bought a boat last week.

Can anyone reccomend a good surveyor for the Todmorden area?

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.