As Mike said welcome. Ask as many questions as you like we welcome new input. I disagree about the reselling price. Within a year you should get the same price as you bought the boat. A lot depends on how much you pay in the first place. Even second hand boats can cost £100,000. You can find boats cheaper than that though. A fibreglass boat will be a lot cheaper but I don't know about the resale. Most, if not all of us have steel narrowboats. To add to Mike's good advice always get an independent survey before buying.
Useful websites are www.waterscape.com : Residential boat owners www.rboa.org.uk and national ass of boat owners www.nabo.org.uk ; www.craftinsure.com can sort insurance on line. If you want an exchange try advertising in a magazine such as Waterways world or Canal Boat (both editors post here). This could well be the cheapest option. We have plenty of retired boaters here. I have lived on board for 19-20 yrs. Our first boat was second hand and we sold it after 2yrs for more than we paid for it. Our present boat we built ourselves and is still worth what we paid for it. I will now get into trouble with the rest for top posting but that's boaters for you. Sue nb Nackered Navvy ----- Original Message ----- From: "beatstreckeisen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:18 PM Subject: [canals-list] Canal boating newcomer > Im a newcomer to english waterways. > I do hold an international yacht master certificate and sailed on > seas, > I also have sailed in the dutch canals and waters. Im retired > engineer, > swiss nationality and fascinated by canal sailing. > I entend to sail a season ore mor on the english waterways. From my > first information I understand that renting a narrow boat is as > expensif as a middle class hotel room a day. Therefor Im thinking of > buying a second hand boat at seasons beginning and eventually > reselling > it at seasons end or next years season start. I guess I could sell it > for almost the same price if well maintained. > What do you think of it? > What license would I need ? > What insurance would I need ? > What flag would it float? (On international waters the ships floats > the > flag of the owners nationality) > Where could I moore on my absence (London city)? > What other formality would be required? > I do own a 29 ft sailyacht on lake Geneva (sleeps 4). Would anybody > be > interested in exchanging it for a season with a narrow boat? (sailing > experience required). > > Thank you for your help and information.
