Boat Buying Checklist - HELP!

[Athy]

1 hour ago, Holly Lacey said:

Thanks, I am indeed. It's a lovely, little, very tidy boat. 

Well done! One thing I noticed, looking at the photos, is that although it's listed as a Black Country boat ( they did build boats of that size which were called the Navigator class) the shell shape looks like a Liverpool boat - not that there's anything wrong with Liverpool, they built the shell for our last boat.

Whatever its parentage, have fun with it.

[Holly Lacey]

1 hour ago, Chewbacka said:

Just a word of caution, be careful when you let your crew sit on the nice bench in the sweep of the tiller arm as in locks etc it as been known for a boat to surge backwards when the paddles are opened and bash the rudder into the lock gates causing the tiller arm to sweep them over the back rail into the canal and sucked into the prop.

Duly noted!

[magictime]

Congratulations! She looks very nice, and I think you've done the right thing by compromising slightly on length in order to get a newer boat in better condition. 

[cuthound]

Congratulations and welcome to the wonderful world of boating 

[WotEver]

Congratulations

Electric oven?  Is that a broker typo?

tony

[Holly Lacey]

12 hours ago, WotEver said:

Congratulations

Electric oven?  Is that a broker typo?

tony

Thanks! And I think so, as when taken through the boat I was told it is gas.

[WotEver]

1 hour ago, Holly Lacey said:

Thanks! And I think so, as when taken through the boat I was told it is gas.

That makes far more sense

[MtB]

4 hours ago, Holly Lacey said:

Thanks! And I think so, as when taken through the boat I was told it is gas.

 

Ah but the sales bod might have just assumed it was gas. If it really IS electric, then you're in a bit of a pickle.

Did your surveyor pass comment on it?

Congrats on new bote anyway though!!

[Holly Lacey]

1 minute ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Ah but the sales bod might have just assumed it was gas. If it really IS electric, then you're in a bit of a pickle.

Did your surveyor pass comment on it?

Congrats on new bote anyway though!!

No, it's definitely gas as he demonstrated lighting it.

The cooker has barely been used, perhaps never, as it looked untouched.

And thank you!