On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:38:37 +0100, "Bru" <[email protected]> wrote:
>With all due respect to those who can afford it, I look around today and I >just don't see the affordable boats around anymore. After hiring for a week, >we promptly went out and bought a small, elderly but serviceable plastic >margarine tub. We fairly promptly swapped it for a slightly bigger and >better plastic boat. We had as much fun with that boat over the next ten >years as any other (although Badger came close - but then she was pretty >cheap anyway!) > >I can't remember the last time I saw a plastic cruiser on the cut That's because they've all been exported to Ireland, where there are lots of them at Lowtown, along with many elderly (and thus presumably cheap) narrowboats. If the boats are not on British canals, that may suggest that there is no demand in Britain for cheap boats. Apollo Duck lists 76 motor boats costing less than GBP5000 in the UK; the cheapest is a Dawncraft Dandy (in need of restoration) for GBP550. bjg
