Hidden market

[Alan de Enfield]

15 minutes ago, Earthwatcher said:

My wife doesn't think it's progress when she catches me watching narrow boat porn like this.

Wife wanted us to have one - I refused and that's just reminded me why.

 

Turn Key and go, boatings about boating not spending an hour oiling the engine before you can start it - once its running it sounds like you are squeezing a duck.

 

 

Horrid.

UUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRGGGGGG

 

A pair of proper engines, in their proper place (under the floor)

 

[mrsmelly]

2 hours ago, Athy said:

Now you really are making progress!

(Guess where our engine is situated).

Your engine ( mud weight ) is situated were your full size comfy bed or dining room should be.

[Athy]

1 minute ago, mrsmelly said:

Your engine ( mud weight ) is situated were your full size comfy bed or dining room should be.

No, our full size and very comfy cross-bed is in the bedroom at the back. Our dining room is the saloon: we have a table which just fits neatly between the two benches. Both these are space-savers, hence we can get quite a lot in our 45-footer. 

[mrsmelly]

10 minutes ago, Athy said:

No, our full size and very comfy cross-bed is in the bedroom at the back. Our dining room is the saloon: we have a table which just fits neatly between the two benches. Both these are space-savers, hence we can get quite a lot in our 45-footer. 

Weve been here before ?

[alan_fincher]

9 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:

Weve been here before ?

That's never stopped you!

[stegra]

4 hours ago, mrsmelly said:

Panic not..............help is on the way.................If you believe half the forum members you only have to wait until march next year and narrowboats will be fifty pence each and buy one get one free as the UK will no longer have any money so everything will be cheap as chips!! I suggest not tying yourself down to any particular boat and look at things you may not have considered in you head as they may well work for you. I had for years whilst living on other boats hankered after a 70 foot Hudson but it had to have portholes and it wasn't allowed a bow thruster and it had to have a modern engine in the arse end. I looked one day and there was ONE for sale in the UK we looked it was immaculate and we bought it. Having been there done that I must say my present boat a colecraft with bus windows is a much nicer boat to live on in so many ways and its a semi trad which I had always avoided. In short keep an open mind.

Nah. Boats will cost about the same. You'll just need a wheelbarrow full of cash to do your weekly shopping. 

[roland elsdon]

There is a hidden market. 

Many classic and historics never get advertised.

i have 4 phone numbers to call when i wish to sell up. The last offer was ‘ name your price’

i didnt.

[Sea Dog]

Three ways to get exactly what you want from the Narrowboat market.... 

 

Compromise; compromise; compromise.

 

[roland elsdon]

Isnt that true of life in general and specificaly marriage?

Besides if sold my half of our boat i’d be sleeping with the dog, and we dont have one...

[pete harrison]

9 hours ago, koukouvagia said:

eta:

The following historic boats have been advertised on Apolloduck within the last couple of years.

Duke, Baildon, Acacia, Fern, Tug No.2, Cantley, Capella, Roe, Ethel, Mercury, Mutty(?), Aston, un-named Bantock, Roe, England, Emerald, Dane, Clara, Paragon, Drake, Owl.  I've probably missed a few.

This list doesn't include boats offered via a brokerage or posted on Facebook etc.

 

It's true that I can also think of several boats which have come up via the "hidden network", but there are also plenty of examples of historic boats openly advertised. 

My 'historic' narrow boat was bought via Apollo Duck in 2017 and is not listed above, and I was only the second person to view it - but it did help that I knew the couple who were selling it (which to be honest would be the case with most 'historic' narrow boats, and can be a problem when we start to talk business) 

[koukouvagia]

4 hours ago, roland elsdon said:

 Many classic and historics never get advertised. 

 What would constitute a "classic" boat?  Isn't this word usually connected with cars?

[MtB]

25 minutes ago, koukouvagia said:

 What would constitute a "classic" boat?  Isn't this word usually connected with cars?

 

I would say Springers, Harboroughs and other old boats not eligible for entry into into Braunston Historic festival

[roland elsdon]

Yep wondered when someone would say that! Deliberately put classic. 

[Athy]

7 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

I would say Springers, Harboroughs and other old boats not eligible for entry into into Braunston Historic festival

It's an elastic term which, I think, is often used to mean "quite old but very nice", be it a car or a boat. More specifically, it should be one which is a good example of the building or styling practice of its era. Les Allen boats and Bantam tugs are classics, and (whisper who dares) Hudsons are probably edging into the category now that their production has ceased.