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Nice hull but I'd have to rip out all the new plywood, inside.

 

Not sure why she's being sold as a river boat, though. That hull shape looks distinctly ex-navy, to me and very seaworthy.

 

I agree - definitely an ex-navy look about her, I was wondering ex/former ships tender but perhaps too big for that.. :unsure:

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Wow, quite a beauty! That price seems rather low to me, or am I missing something?

Wooden boats have no value, at the moment.

 

It's probably a bit overpriced, compared to some that are on the market at the moment.

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I had a thing about wooden boats about a year ago and went as far as getting advice from a specialist who had been in the business of building and restoring them for over 40 years. I accompanied him as he looked over a prospective purchase and he scared the life out of me.

 

Afterwards he said the boat was in remarkably good condition...

 

He summed wooden boats up as a rich man's hobby.

 

Actually I reckon most wooden boats are way overpriced in this country. In the USA they can't give them away.

 

Mind you, for someone with the nerve and the time, and/or the money, I reckon it could be the most rewarding form of boat ownership. I haven't given up on the idea yet but I'd advise anyone thinking about it to do what I did.

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He summed wooden boats up as a rich man's hobby.

 

Actually I reckon most wooden boats are way overpriced in this country.

Having bought my first wooden boat in 1983 and never been a rich man, I couldn't disagree more.

 

Wooden boats are underpriced, when you think of the thousands of hours spent by skilled craftsmen, to build one.

 

Wooden boats can, and do, outlast steel boats, in salt water and, if the hull is sound, require little more maintenance.

 

The best advice comes from those who have owned and maintained them, not those who listened to the scare stories and didn't bother.

 

Like here, in the States, they have many wooden boats in need of expensive restoration but there are many more being kept in good order, by their owners and giving as much pleasure as any metal or plastic boat.

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I had a thing about wooden boats about a year ago and went as far as getting advice from a specialist who had been in the business of building and restoring them for over 40 years. I accompanied him as he looked over a prospective purchase and he scared the life out of me.

 

Afterwards he said the boat was in remarkably good condition...

 

He summed wooden boats up as a rich man's hobby.

 

Actually I reckon most wooden boats are way overpriced in this country. In the USA they can't give them away.

 

Mind you, for someone with the nerve and the time, and/or the money, I reckon it could be the most rewarding form of boat ownership. I haven't given up on the idea yet but I'd advise anyone thinking about it to do what I did.

 

However £16K for the boat in question seems like good value to me - But I'm probably the gullible buyer everybody looks for, someone who would buy a boat like that with my heart not their head. That said I wouldn't offer the asking price.

 

There will be a point in the future when we will have to downsize our boat and also we want to take a boat to France - I reckon she'd be perfect for the big French rivers.

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Having bought my first wooden boat in 1983 and never been a rich man, I couldn't disagree more.

 

Wooden boats are underpriced, when you think of the thousands of hours spent by skilled craftsmen, to build one.

 

Wooden boats can, and do, outlast steel boats, in salt water and, if the hull is sound, require little more maintenance.

 

The best advice comes from those who have owned and maintained them, not those who listened to the scare stories and didn't bother.

 

Like here, in the States, they have many wooden boats in need of expensive restoration but there are many more being kept in good order, by their owners and giving as much pleasure as any metal or plastic boat.

 

I'm talking about supply and demand. There's almost no demand for wooden boats outside of the "classics" eg Grand Banks. They have to be priced down alarmingly compared to GRP in order to sell. If you serch the for sale adverts you have to agree most of them are overpriced in this regard.

 

But I agree with you in the sense that a wooden boat owner will give a very different view, but this is someone committesd to the type, and with an emotional attachment. The reason we get our prospective purchases surveyed is that a surveyor looks at the boat dispassionately. I got hooked by talking to owners then got an objective view by talking to someone who earns their living from maintaining them.

 

But I would still have one...

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mmmmmm ..

http://yachts.apolloduck.com/image.phtml?id=197114ℑ=1

 

wouldn't mind checking this one out with a possible view to purchase ..

http://yachts.apolloduck.com/image.phtml?id=201656ℑ=2

if i could find crew to help return her to the uk ..

i'd potentialy be making tracks right now ..

 

about gleniffer diesels:

http://www.sky-net.org.uk/gleniffer/

 

Maurice Griffiths .. steel hull .. in need of much TLC .. (4.9k )

http://yachts.apolloduck.com/image.phtml?id=203801ℑ=1

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just saw this on the sunny-duck .. posting it here in case it may interest someone

 

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=193607

 

"Circa early 80's Dawncraft 25 GRP Cruiser. Good project boat. New Windscreen. No engine. (Trailer NOT included) £1,350."

 

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live aboard site .. based in florida ..

yeah it's salty water cruising etc .. non canal ..

interesting reading nevertheless :

 

http://www.sleepingwithoars.com/

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just saw this on the sunny-duck .. posting it here in case it may interest someone

 

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=193607

 

"Circa early 80's Dawncraft 25 GRP Cruiser. Good project boat. New Windscreen. No engine. (Trailer NOT included) £1,350."

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

live aboard site .. based in florida ..

yeah it's salty water cruising etc .. non canal ..

interesting reading nevertheless :

 

http://www.sleepingwithoars.com/

 

Even as a cruiser owner / fan , theres better available at that money

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