Jrtm Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 (edited) But you will also consider a Samuel Barlow Coal Company Ltd. built motor according to post number 3146 I may not get a choice wife wants a boat with a practical engine and some creature comforts but i want wood. (She has also decided she want a boat that dosnt need massive work before we can use it) So yes my direct choice is tco or fmc. But there getting fewer and fewer. So i may have to compromise. My other problem is if i got tco boat i would want a bolinder back in it. (Wife dosnt like them she dosnt like the blowlamps) So kent its a sort of both win both loose but im not so convinced as i have the feeling i would always be on the look out. We looked at ian but ran from that. Edited April 26, 2016 by billybobbooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Looks new on the duck http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=468967 Advert for ALPERTON removed from Apollo Duck website after only 8 days - sold or fed up with daft questions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Advert for ALPERTON removed from Apollo Duck website after only 8 days - sold or fed up with daft questions ? Time will tell I guess. Would have been nice to see some more photos looked in lovely condition. Some showing the hold might also have reduced the how many bedrooms type of questions they inevitably received! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spadefoot Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Phone number for nb Towy is 07741 456 449. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrtm Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Tar ill ring them and find out will let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Has this one been on? Aquarius Well it is clearly old, but probably will not appeal to many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Has this one been on? Aquarius Well it is clearly old, but probably will not appeal to many. Post Number 2637 of this thread, and then the next dozen or so posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Post Number 2637 of this thread, and then the next dozen or so posts Fair enough, but that's lots of months ago. I don't think it has been advertised in the last few months until now, (or has it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Fair enough, but that's lots of months ago. I don't think it has been advertised in the last few months until now, (or has it?) 04 November 2015, so not quite 6 months ago. Back then it was advertised by an individual, whereas it is now advertised via a broker. I suspect it has been for sale for the entire period between these two adverts, and although it has dropped by £5500 its appeal has not increased to my eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrtm Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Looks a bit of an odd looking boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 04 November 2015, so not quite 6 months ago. Back then it was advertised by an individual, whereas it is now advertised via a broker. I suspect it has been for sale for the entire period between these two adverts, and although it has dropped by £5500 its appeal has not increased to my eye Fair enough - like several other posters I suspect, I don't check back a full 6 months in this extensive thread when something pops up that wasn't there (say) a month ago. It doesn't appeal to me much either, I'll admit, but I do (curiously) like the amalgam of BCN boat and Josher which is "Bream". Different things clearly appeal to different people, and someone who would like some real rivets might just fall in love with this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta9 Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 'Aquarius' http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=470602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 'Aquarius' http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=470602 See the previous half dozen or so posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Post Number 2637 of this thread, and then the next dozen or so posts Interesting, the "Jump To Post" facility no longer works for me. I put 2637 into the box and it returns me to this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Interesting, the "Jump To Post" facility no longer works for me. I put 2637 into the box and it returns me to this page. I didn't know there was one - how did you use to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) 'Aquarius' http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=470602 Thanks for the above as this clearly makes all of the previous input worth while Edited April 30, 2016 by pete harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 I didn't know there was one - how did you use to do it? Top of page just under the title, click on where it says "Page 159 of 159", and a drop down box appears for me, inviting me to enter a page number to "jump to". Except it doesn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Top of page just under the title, click on where it says "Page 159 of 159", and a drop down box appears for me, inviting me to enter a page number to "jump to". Except it doesn't! Ermm, That is jump to PAGE, not to POST. There is no PAGE 2637 in this thread - perhaps why it isn't working for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Ermm, That is jump to PAGE, not to POST. There is no PAGE 2637 in this thread - perhaps why it isn't working for you? R.... Time I ordered an Aeropress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I see Beaulieu has been reduced!! Beaulieu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Insane to eyewatering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Insane to eyewatering. Compared with what one might have to pay for a modern boat of similar size with a high specification and a nice traditional engine, this is surely a competitive price, is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted May 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Compared with what one might have to pay for a modern boat of similar size with a high specification and a nice traditional engine, this is surely a competitive price, is it not? If a historic boat is competitively priced then in my experience somebody will already have bought it. I have not seen the boat involved here, only the details, but I think even the reduced price seems in cloud cuckoo land I'm not aware of anything coming close to that kind of selling price in recent times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 If a historic boat is competitively priced then in my experience somebody will already have bought it. I have not seen the boat involved here, only the details, but I think even the reduced price seems in cloud cuckoo land I'm not aware of anything coming close to that kind of selling price in recent times. Perhaps it is not traditional enough to appeal to the enthusiast of historic boats, while the leisure buyer seeking a "trad style" will tend to seek a s/h Norton Canes or Steve Hudson, so this boat falls between two stools. Certainly, long modern boats in what many people would consider "trad style" can sell for six figures; one was featured in these pages only last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted May 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Perhaps it is not traditional enough to appeal to the enthusiast of historic boats, while the leisure buyer seeking a "trad style" will tend to seek a s/h Norton Canes or Steve Hudson, so this boat falls between two stools. Certainly, long modern boats in what many people would consider "trad style" can sell for six figures; one was featured in these pages only last week. I think a probable difference is that it you buy a recently built second-hand boat from one of the more prestige builders like (say) Norton Canes, R W Davies or (grudging cough!) Steve Hudson, you know that no part (except possibly the engine!) is older than the build date. With the best will in the world, if you buy a conversion of an 80 year old working boat, some bits may be as new as in the modern boats listed above, but hopefully much of the visible bits will be 80 years old. At one end of the spectrum, some of the 80 year old bits will be almost as good as new, whereas at the other end they may have still been serviceable when last checked say 6 years ago, but it was anticipated that further work would be needed before long. In my (admittedly relatively limited) experience, however any such boat is actually marketed, most new owners will not be unsurprised if before long they are spending further money on a genuine historic, that they almost certainly would not be on an NC, RWD or SMH, (unless rivets needed gluing back on. of course). In our search for a full length converted historic, one of the best known surveyors suggested to be that unless a boat was truly exceptional, or particularly sought after because of an individual history, it is very very unlikely to be saleable at anything more than £70K tops, and usually the top price will be less than that. This was a bit of a reality check, because for most of is it means if we do manage to secure a boat needing work at say the £50K mark. if that work exceeds (say) £25K, we can more or less guarantee we are not going to ever get back what we spend. There are several nice looking full length converted boats on the open market right now, (although they contain different amounts of original boat) at asking prices above £65K, and all seem slow to find a buyer. At least one has been on so long that one imagines if it is to be sold the owner will need to take a significantly lower offer. I think most owners of historics know and accept this. Unlike former work colleagues I don't take frequent and highly expensive holidays abroad, (Ashes tours and safaris spring to mind), but I do spend a great deal owning two historic boats. That said I don't think my former colleagues understand why I find a week on the BCN a more exciting prospect than what they do. (Apologies for any typos, literally just back from shoulder surgery, andone arm currently completely out of use!.......) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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