--- In [email protected], "Phil Rushton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ldsm4754" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 9:57 PM
> Subject: [canals-list] look kindly on a newbie
>
>
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > I expect there may well be lots of emails like this one floating
> around
> > in cyber-space but never mind eh?
>
> Well, to be honest, I don't recollect seeing many emails like yours
> on here:-)
> >
> > Like lots of people I've always dreamed of living aboard, now I'm
> almost
> > at the stage of realising that dream, but as I'm not really a
> 'dreamer'
> > I'd like to try before I buy, sort of fing!
>
> > Is there anyone out there willing to take me on for a short while,
> to
> > test the water so to speak? I've no money, but I can pay my way,
I
> can
> > cook and clean, mend, paint, sit around looking beautiful; that
sort
> of
> > thing (well, the looking beautiful is a bit of a lie, but hey,
> what's a
> > land-lubber to do?) I'm creative, intelligent, desperate, and
> running
> > out of adjectives, so go on, you know you want to!
>
> I am a little confused when you say you are *almost at the stage of
> realising that dream* and you would like to *try before I buy*.
> You say *I've no money, but I can pay my way*. I seriously
> suggest that you start again on here and rephrase your post.
>
> Reading between the lines of your post, I must admit it sounded
> something like a dating agency request!
> e.g.:
> "Formerly attractive lady looking for single male with narrowboat.
> Please send details of your boat*
>
Quiet apart from that there is another inconsistancy - since when
did "I've no money" and responsible livaboarding go together.
OK - buy a hulk/rust-bucket, ignore the rules and ignore the
Waterways Authoraties and they probably do (until you are living in
squallor or the boat sinks). Some questions:
Do you have a mooring?
Will they allow/tollerate livaboards?
What security of tenure do you have on that mooring?
What is the anual license fee? - I know, do you.
How much will insurance cost?
Can you afford the costs associated with blacking every X years (X =
anything between 2 & 4 unless you have a very expensive jod done)
If you are employed and have no mooring how can you reconcile your
job & BW's mooring rules?
How much maintenance and repair can you do yourself - in many cases
proffesional help has a very odd sence of time and is not exactly
cheap.
How are you going to provide your electrical needs? If you intend
using candles they probably cause more "livaboard" fires than
anything else. If you intend using the engine to charge your
batteries budget 2 litres a day at over £1.00 a litre (price for next
year!). If you intend using solar have you priced the cells. If you
think you can simply plug into the mains - have you got a mooring?
I am not trying to put you off, but what you contemplate is not a
cheap option in most cases. The boat will almost certainly be far
cheaper than a house or flat, but the on-going costs need carefull
consideration.
Tony Brooks
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