What type of boat to buy?

[Nige G]

With about £30k to spend would I be able to get something that's not a narrowboat that I could live on?

 

Widebeam? Plastic cruiser type thing? other?

[carlt]

With about £30k to spend would I be able to get something that's not a narrowboat that I could live on?

 

Widebeam? Plastic cruiser type thing? other?

You could get a Yorkshire keel, for a couple of grand and spend the rest doing it up.

[Nige G]

Is that like an old fishing boat?

 

I quite liked the idea of an ex lifeboat like yours Carl but I don't think my £30k will get me one.

Edited May 16, 2008 by Nige G

[carlt]

Is that like an old fishing boat?

 

I quite liked the idea of an ex lifeboat like yours Carl but I don't think my £30k will get me one.

£30k would get you mine, Nige! I paid £8k for it.

[carlt]

Is that like an old fishing boat?

The Humber, or Yorkshire keel is a barge peculiar to the Yorkshire canals an rivers.

 

"The keel is undoubtedly the finest inland navigation boat we have in this country. Inland navigation, except in the Fen counties, is not nearly so developed in England as it is on the great inland waterways of the Continent, and naturally so. But while making due allowance for the smaller size of our rivers and canals, the ordinary canal-boat is a sorry piece of naval architecture at the best, and the keel is a refreshing change." To quote H.Warington-Smythe

[Stonker]

With about £30k to spend would I be able to get something that's not a narrowboat that I could live on?

 

Widebeam? Plastic cruiser type thing? other?

 

What about this, a bit over budget.

 

http://www.abnb.co.uk/Boat_pages/fdr1388/1388abnb.php

Edited May 16, 2008 by Stonker

[carlt]

What about this, a bit over budget.

 

http://www.abnb.co.uk/Boat_pages/fdr1388/1388abnb.php

That looks like something my son would bring home from school, made out of cornflakes packets and eggboxes.

[denboy]

something like this perhaps

http://www.bowcrest.com/Recreational%20Barges-madeline.htm

click on pic for more details

Edited May 16, 2008 by denis boyle

[carlt]

But if you want a lifeboat.....

 

B&O clicky

 

something like this perhaps

http://www.bowcrest.com/Recreational%20Barges-madeline.htm

click on pic for more details

Yes but I'd have a chat to Waddingtons, at Swinton, for something a bit more realistically priced.

[magnetman]

There's a superb 34ft Nelson on apalling duck for £27k. Twin perkins 6 turbos. Nice solid boats with a bit of a presence well built a bit costly to run the engines though what with the increasing cost of deezle.

[AMModels]

£30k would get you mine, Nige! I paid £8k for it.

 

You should have left that last bit out Carl and you could have bought 3 with the money.

 

[carlt]

You should have left that last bit out Carl and you could have bought 3 with the money.

 

To be honest I wouldn't sell it for 30k (maybe 35...).

 

There are so few Stromness class lifeboats about (8 rumoured survivors, out of 13) that I'd have to settle for a Watson. A worthy boat but shorter, and a bit common

[Nige G]

But if you want a lifeboat.....

 

B&O clicky

 

 

Lovely looking boat, it'd be a shame to destroy it's originality and convert it though.

[Dominic M]

That looks like something my son would bring home from school, made out of cornflakes packets and eggboxes.

:D

[carlt]

If you fancy a lifeboat this is the website to look at:

 

nelsonsboats

 

"The Rankin" is the same as mine, and has been up for sale forever, so might be worth a look.

[Timleech]

Is that like an old fishing boat?

 

http://www.humberships.org.uk/html/humber_keel_comrade.html

 

Tim

[carlt]

http://www.humberships.org.uk/html/humber_keel_comrade.html

 

Tim

Fantastic boat, comrade!

 

This is one of the last 2 remaining wooden ones:

 

[Tiger]

 

One careful owner with a liking for animals, ask for Mr Noah