Boat Share

[Lockie 1]

Managed or privately run schemes? Your opinion would be appreciated.

[ditchcrawler]

Private cheaper if you have a good constitution so everyone plays the game. Some one does have to run things. We did it for 5 years no problem.

[waterdog]

Private !!

 

off to the k & a tomorrow for a week :)

 

share still available

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=54194&hl=dasque

[ditchcrawler]

Private !!

 

off to the k & a tomorrow for a week

 

share still available

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=54194&hl=dasque

That is where we are now, Devises tomorrow again, shopping.

[waterdog]

Picking up the boat at Hilperton tomorrow afternoon then heading towards Bath,

 

Give us a wave if we pass

 

 

Doh just looked at map, you're the opposite direction.

 

edited for numptyness

Edited May 22, 2014 by waterdog

[Clifford]

Private is much cheaper.

 

Our shareboat was managed. After a while, it began to feel a bit like the management company taking over, and thought of itself as a hire firm with all its capital costs paid by the 'hirers' (owners). They even chair the owners' meeting, which is crackers! And they have absolutely no incentive to get repairs done cheaply.

 

As you can tell, I was a bit disgruntled by the majority decision to go with this company!

[howardang]

Definitely private for me. The money saved by not joining in a commercially managed scheme (at least £4,000 annually) can be much better spent in keeping the boat up to scratch. All it takes is a willingness from fellow owners to get involved in the running of their boat.

 

Howard

[Clifford]

Yes, £400 or so per share per year is a lot (just for circulating the booking chart and arranging for someone to do repairs). Remember that the £4000 per boat per year doesn't include any actual repair costs.

[David Mack]

We're a private share too.

 

But unlike most schemes where a share gets you exclusive use of the boat for specific allotted weeks, we are a bunch of friends who co-own the boat, and most boating happens with several of the owners on board. We do most of our own maintenance on the same basis too, with minimal involvement from the professionals.

[ditchcrawler]

Private is much cheaper.

 

Our shareboat was managed. After a while, it began to feel a bit like the management company taking over, and thought of itself as a hire firm with all its capital costs paid by the 'hirers' (owners). They even chair the owners' meeting, which is crackers! And they have absolutely no incentive to get repairs done cheaply.

 

As you can tell, I was a bit disgruntled by the majority decision to go with this company!

That's very true, tell you when you can and cant pick the boat, what time to have it back by etc. mention you wont be coming back because you are handing over to the next OWNER in Gloucester dock and they start to steam.

Picking up the boat at Hilperton tomorrow afternoon then heading towards Bath,

 

Give us a wave if we pass

 

 

Doh just looked at map, you're the opposite direction.

 

edited for numptyness

OK lots of shared owner boats there now, we saw both ex Challanger and ex Ownerships between there and Bath

[DustyDave]

What happens if you can't afford the maintenance fee for your share? Is it easy to sell your share? I like the idea but I've never known the details of ownership.

 

Dave

[ditchcrawler]

Its a bit like selling anything. if you own a boat and can't afford to run it you have to price it to sell. Some syndicates have systems where they buy unwanted shares.