Canal Living Plain Sailing?

[ChrisJBrady]

Ditch bricks and mortar and buy a canal boat? It costs a fraction of a house but it's not all plain sailing ...?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-3084373/Living-canal-boat-cost-fraction-bricks-mortar-s-not-plain-sailing.html

[LEO]

Funnily enough I have just been reading this (surrounded by Bricks and mortar).

 

Lots of people have been moving onto the water and CaRT have tightened the rules - especially with regard to Continuous cruisers.

 

The couple featured in the article have taken a 'full residential berth' at a good quality marina, the fee charged sounds cheap, residential berths are normally much more expensive.

 

If continuous cruising consider what it will be like - staggering along the towpath with a bucket full of effluent to a sewage disposal point.

 

Bear in mind the definition of boating - 'bring on another thousand'.

 

Best of luck, you will get lots of replies on this posting.

 

L

Edited May 17, 2015 by LEO