What boat is the boat for you and why?

[Elixer]

I like narrowboats. They are classy and distinguished affordable homes. I have been browsing through many websites featuring boats for sale, I always love what I see and I can't wait to get one and strip it down so I can renovate it to my own taste.

[eye high skipper]

I like narrowboats. They are classy and distinguished affordable homes. I have been browsing through many websites featuring boats for sale, I always love what I see and I can't wait to get one and strip it down so I can renovate it to my own taste.

 

Buy a shell so you don't have to strip it down?

[Elixer]

 

Buy a shell so you don't have to strip it down?

 

Yes! Thanks! That's exactly what I want!

Are shells cheaper too?

[Neil Smith]

buy a sailaway unless you can fit your own engine.

 

Neil

[Elixer]

buy a sailaway unless you can fit your own engine.

 

Neil

 

Thank you too! I'm already learning a lot. I'm looking for a sailaway shell.

[Athy]

 

Thank you too! I'm already learning a lot. I'm looking for a sailaway shell.

Some firms offer sailaways to various stages of completion, e.g. with electrical wiring installed, with the insulation sprayed on the inside walls, even with the walls panelled (often known as "sailaway plus" or similar). It's up to you, and perhaps your bank manager, what stage you choose. From memory, Cheshire Narrowboats in Lymm specialise in these, but others do them too.

[Elixer]

Some firms offer sailaways to various stages of completion, e.g. with electrical wiring installed, with the insulation sprayed on the inside walls, even with the walls panelled (often known as "sailaway plus" or similar). It's up to you, and perhaps your bank manager, what stage you choose. From memory, Cheshire Narrowboats in Lymm specialise in these, but others do them too.

 

Thank you. I guess I need electric, insulation, panelled walls, stove and toilet facilities including a shower.

[series3]

Slightly off topic.....I know....

what's the bets way to get spray paint out of a babys eyes?

[ditchcrawler]

Slightly off topic.....I know....

what's the bets way to get spray paint out of a babys eyes?

A&E

[zenataomm]

Slightly off topic.....I know....

what's the bets way to get spray paint out of a babys eyes?

 

Is this for real?

[Tony Brooks]

Having seen his comment in his other thread I think he probably is but can not take the hint when he asks impossible to answer questions.

 

How was Winnie the Poo described? Similarities?

[pquinn]

Slightly off topic.....I know....

what's the bets way to get spray paint out of a babys eyes?

Wire brush and dettoll

[Athy]

Slightly off topic.....I know....

what's the bets way to get spray paint out of a babys eyes?

Why, have you just sprayed some into a baby's eyes? If so, should this not be a separate topic?

 

In answer to your second line, about 3 to 1 against.

[Tony Brooks]

 

Thank you. I guess I need electric, insulation, panelled walls, stove and toilet facilities including a shower.

 

When you say stove do you mean a stove for space heating or a stove for cooking. If the former you had better add the latter for use in the summer, that almost certainly implies a gas supply.

[pquinn]

 

Thank you. I guess I need electric, insulation, panelled walls, stove and toilet facilities including a shower.

Your getting pretty close to ''fully fitted'' and may as well go the whole hog and throw in a bow thruster an eco fan and some fake rivets while your on the job.

[Athy]

Your getting pretty close to ''fully fitted'' and may as well go the whole hog and throw in a bow thruster an eco fan and some fake rivets while your on the job.

It's O.K., he was joking about the rivets.

Er, weren't you, Mr. Quinn?

 

Elixer, have a look at boatfitters' adverts for "Sailaway Plus" or "sailaway with additions" and you may get a better idea of who does what and for how much.

[pquinn]

It's O.K., he was joking about the rivets.

Er, weren't you, Mr. Quinn?

 

Elixer, have a look at boatfitters' adverts for "Sailaway Plus" or "sailaway with additions" and you may get a better idea of who does what and for how much.

I would never joke about such serious matters...............

 

also, you may require a traditional mop, a cabin shaft an encyclopedia of watering cans and a harold shipman type beard or you will never fit in and may leave your self open to bullying and disdainfull glances from those in the know.