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  1. I really hope that this post doesn't infuriate any existing forum members due to me obviously knowing very little about the boating world. Right now, however, I am starting to plan/map our ideas for living aboard my first boat in 2018 (April ideally). Also, I am in a pretty unique situation. This being the case, any practical and friendly advice would be greatly appreciated. Anyway, here goes: First off I am a born and bred UK citizen but currently, I live in Malta. In fact, I haven't lived in England for 13-years. I do plan, however, to return next April and after doing so, I will have a 30-day window to hopefully find a half decent boat to liveaboard. Yes, I already know how insane this sounds. My big problem is that I will be staying with family in the County Durham area (a long way from any boat brokerages) and I work online and can't really take much time off work for long periods. Also, I am going to be on a very minimal budget of 10K -15K. Because I work freelance and have no credit score due to 13 years now hopping around the world without even so much as a contract phone, I highly doubt that I will qualify for any kind of financing. As for why I want to liveaboard and why I will be in such a rush to do it, the truth is that I simply can't settle in one location for too long as I get very itchy feet. Also, because I work from home, the liveaboard life really appeals to me. Anyway, I'm right at the very beginning of the planning process so please excuse what probably sounds like huge naivety. Now, personally, I would love a 30-35ft narrow boat but the more I look into this, there are a huge variety of potential problems. I would be fine with a working (and well serviced) engine, a hull which will pass certification to say it's water worthy, and an electrical system which I could rely on to charge batteries and give me a days worth of laptop life. Give me that and I will take a narrow boat where everything else, interior etc, needs putting together myself as I go. What I definitely don't want to do, however, is buy a boat which right off the mark is going to need new plating (though blacking is fine). The only problem is that this isn't something which I am going to discover until I get a full survey done. - In this case, I'm looking more and more at a GRP hull and something like this: http://www.moonsbridgemarina.co.uk/boat_sales/7/excalibur My thinking is that by going this route, I wouldn't have to worry as much about hull problems. Also, whichever route I take, I would be expecting to be looking at 400 a month for ongoing maintenance & upkeep. My only problem with a GRP hull, is that I would be looking at a petrol outboard, no chance of installing a solid fuel stove and apparently, they can't stand the knocks of the occasional out of control narrowboat. So, even though this has likely been asked a thousand times before, is a GRP hull that prone to damage? Also, like with a narrowboat, is there any way to run the engine to charge the domestic battery system when power is low? Lastly, if I went the narrow boat route and bought a 10K boat with a Boat safety Certificate valid for a year or so after the date of purchase, would this better protect me from the risk of buying a boat with a hull in poor condition? As for what my boats purpose would be, I really would be continuously cruising. Every week I would be in a new location providing that a given location is serviced by 3G mobile data. That said, 2018 would ultimately be a test to see whether I take to the life of a liveaboard as well as I hope to. Thank you all in advance for any help.
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