Captain Beeky wrote: > I suspect Mrs B and I will throw more good money after previous good > money on UM and get to crawl around an increasingly gloom laden and > delapidated system for a few more years. You never know we might get so > miserable we start to enjoy it.
I know what you mean. As some people here know I'm nearing the end of a massive 12 month refurb of Bream which by the time it is done will have cost more than a year's gross salary for me so I don't make my comments lightly. I'm just not convinced that I can justify the ongoing costs of running and living on a boat compared to land-based options (one of which I'm actively pursuing) and which in the longer term make much more sense financially speaking. OK some people will say good, one less person living on the water (how dare we!) but the same must apply to users at the other extreme. I know boaters on the Caldon who rarely move their (small, often low value) craft more than a day or two from their permanent mooring. How can their costs be justified? With running costs as high as they are going to be (not many people can put less that £2000 p.a. into their boat before they have even used it and that will increase by at least 40% in the next 3 years) it actually makes economic sense to take a hit on the selling price. Very depressing. Steve NB Bream
