Thank you Kevin, your offer is more than tempting. Is there a PM facility on this site?
My mortgage alone is nearly £600 a month, I would be mortgage free on a boat and have worked out my budget by watching and reading boating vlogs, threads and articles, I'm fairly confident that it would be cheaper for me, even if I had a marina mooring.
Do you still own both? Would you go back to a house?
I do need to try it before I can make an informed choice but I suspect my quality of life would be an awful lot better on a boat.
Are you suggesting that it's a bad idea? I don't want to share as I want it to be my home.
I visited a friend on her boat, which is moored in a marina. It was summer and lots of the boaters were out socializing with each other. I had a chance to look around a few people's boats. The boats were lovely and cosy and appealed to me. The cost of living was a big draw as all my wage goes into my house at present. The people and atmosphere were so lovely, welcoming and warm. I just had the gut feeling that I would really love the life. I've always enjoyed camping and caravaning holidays and as a child had a romantic notion that I should have been a gypsy. I am also a huge nature lover and would love to live a more rural life.
Since then I've viewed several boats and have become addicted to YouTube vlogs but I really need to try it out for size and see what it is like and how I cope.
Hi, I'm completely new to boating to the point where I've never set foot on a moving boat. I am considering selling my house and buying a liveaboard. it's a huge step! I am wanting to check that the move will be right for me.
It's been suggested that offering to help out as crew would be a good way to gain some experience.
Could anyone offer me a short cruise sometime in the New Year? I live in the East Midlands but I do drive, so I could travel to meet you. I would prefer a short trip of just a weekend as I have dogs that I would need to arrange a sitter for, and I have a job I need to get back to.
I am DBS checked for my job and I would expect us to find out a bit about each other first, to make sure we will both be comfortable.
Many thanks in advance.
I didn't know that was a thing you could do. It sounds like a really good idea, thank you. Where would I advertise that, is there a thread on here? Found the thread, thank you.
Thank you. I will check them out.
Thank you all so much for your replies and suggestions, I really appreciate the input.
I will check the links out. I will be taking a female friend with me as I know I'll not manage the locks on my own as a newbie and I'm not sure how I'll manage even when I've more experience. I am also planning to take a helmsman course and an engine maintainance course. I really want to do the helmsman course before I hire the boat. I was thinking of WillowWren but I will check out Cheshire Cat too or any other recommendations that you might have.
Hi everyone, I'm after recommendations for a narrowboat holiday. I've not got a lot of spare cash (understatement!) but all the advice is that, if you are planning to liveaboard, you should try a holiday first. So I'm looking for advice about
1 Easy stretches of canal suitable for total beginners.
2 The cheapest times of year to book.
3 Recommendations for the best hiring companies
Im only planning a short 4 day break and hoping to spend £500 or less.
Thank you all in advance.
Hi Alan de Enfield, thank you for your reply (and all the replies) just so I have all the information, how much does it cost to truck a narrowboat? Catherine
Hello Everyone, I'm Catherine and I've not got a boat yet but I am seriously thinking about it.
I'm considering selling my house and getting a residential mooring. I've visited a friends marina and spoken to a few owners there and I've been researching online. It's very early days for me. This will be part of my research and I want to find out the down side to narrow boats and the problems there can be, so that I can make a balanced decision as some of my family think I've lost the plot
I want the biggest boat possible as a home but I would also like to be able to travel, I live near the Grand Union/ River Soar and I have family near the Leeds/Liverpool and family near the Kennet/Avon so my first question is what's the biggest boat I can get that can travel all these waterways?
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