Thinking of a narrowboat

[RedsfanUk]

Hi,

 

I am in the process of selling my house,and in need of a change,possibly a narrowboat as an option. From an early age I have been on many boat holidays (Lancaster canal,Norfolk broads etc) and loved them...I have been watching many youtubers,reading up on narrowboat life(Lancaster canal) and its something I think could be right for me.

 

I was wondering if I can get some advice please from you seasoned boaters. 

 

Would a budget of 45-55k be good enough for a live aboard? 

I plan to get a leisure mooring(already enquired) ,and I have a place to stay(address for mail etc) for when I need to get off the boat,so I don't need a residential mooring. I plan to keep the boat at the marina during the week and cruise at weekends only.

 

A typical day during the week I will leave for work (have car)at 7am and not return till 6.30-7pm. Is that feasible for narrowboat life? 

 

Any advice at all would be great. 

 

[mrsmelly]

All sounds fine to me. Dont take much notice of you tube they are mainly noobys themselves. Money is fine and will get you a sensible boat. Only problem will be battery charging when not in the marina or on leccy hook up as engine running on CART waters between 8 and 8 is not allowed unless you are moored on your own away from others that is.

[magictime]

That budget sounds perfectly realistic. Keeping those hours, you wouldn't have time to run the engine/a generator every day to charge your batteries (has to be between 8am and 8pm), so I guess you'd want to choose a mooring with shoreline power; but as long as you took the opportunity at weekends to do your other 'housekeeping' (filling up water tank, emptying toilet), I don't see any other obvious problems. 

 

And you'd be based on the Lancaster? Should make for some easy and pleasant cruising I guess, being lock-free.

[RedsfanUk]

Thanks for the replies and advice! Yes the marina would have shoreline power,and yes I'd be based on the Lancaster