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hi,guys, i,m soon going to be re-locating oo,p north,,  and the long term plan is to live on a canal boat so i,m now starting to look for a cheap boat that i can overhaul and re-fit out any tip off,s /information on any thing that may be available will be gratefuuly recieved , THANKS,,, |
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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2017, 02:33:59 PM » |
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remember to allow for all the overheads, mooring fee's, canal fee's etc. GOOD LUCK with it though. Isn't there someone on this site already doing this ?
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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2017, 03:04:32 PM » |
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One of my neighbours was going to, but switched to living on the road instead.
I was in Stratford on Avon yesterday & passed a couple camped at the roadside in an old wooden bow topped Gypsy caravan, with 2 horses tethered next to it. Still possible to live off-grid I guess, but I did notice there was a VW Golf parked behind the caravan!
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« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2017, 04:26:16 PM » |
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Tisn't easy living on the canals any more Mike - unless you keep moving (and I mean more than a mile or two) or else live in an expensive marina, the Canal trust can confiscate your boat!
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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2017, 06:06:23 PM » |
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Tisn't easy living on the canals any more Mike - unless you keep moving (and I mean more than a mile or two) or else live in an expensive marina, the Canal trust can confiscate your boat!
moorings etc shouldn,t be a problem since i will be part of a team (family firm ) maintaining a fleet of holiday hire boats ,, day boats,, and trip boats at pennine cruisers in skipton . |
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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2017, 10:28:45 PM » |
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Ah, I never thought of that!
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2017, 12:04:54 PM » |
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my other idea is a 7,5 ton box lorry and convert it into part living accomadation ,, , part workshop / storage , this maybe a better idea ,,if the job dosnt work out i could just move on elsewhere , also no moorings etc |
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2017, 04:08:57 PM » |
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As long as you have somewhere to park it.
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2017, 04:37:07 PM » |
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Home is where you park it  I got the tee shirt |
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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2017, 10:01:15 PM » |
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71/2 tonners are relatively cheap, much cheaper than a canal boat...
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2017, 01:43:14 PM » |
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71/2 tonners are relatively cheap, much cheaper than a canal boat...
yep, i,m looking at a few ex royal mail ones at present but they have very short mot,s or none at all ,, i could do with picking something up with a long test on it then it would give me a head start .. |
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