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      Actually, Douglas Marine which is near Southport and Fiddlers Ferry near Runcorn have cheap alongside berths and hardstanding, maybe...
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      I'd say there are more leisure boats in N Wales than Liverpool by a factor of 100, at least - it's just an easier and nicer place to...
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      Probably better off in North Wales as that is where people looking for boats will expect to find them. Liverpool marina is expensive...
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      obmij reacted to justanothersailboat's post in the thread What a shame with Like Like.
      " I've come back to yards 10 years later and seen the same boats and people." Having completed a really fairly substantial refit and...
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      obmij reacted to ylop's post in the thread What a shame with Like Like.
      there's one in a yard near me thats on at least its third owner in a dozen years and has never been in the water in that time. The...
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      obmij replied to the thread What a shame.
      Keeping a boat in good order is a very satisfying thing to do, but there is no way that anyone could take on a boat of the type being...
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      obmij replied to the thread What a shame.
      Ha! Well I have to admit I didn't see a lot of positives in the situation at the time - but a lot of lessons learned and I'm glad I...
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      obmij reacted to flaming's post in the thread What a shame with Like Like.
      A couple of weeks ago my mum asked what we should do with the lifejackets she has had in her loft since Dad died. They were all top...
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      obmij replied to the thread What a shame.
      I am no fan of nanny state culture - but consider what our roads would look like without the requirement to tax, insure and MOT...
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      obmij reacted to Concerto's post in the thread What a shame with Like Like.
      You are correct I spent a small fortune on bringing Concerto to a very high standard, but it still cost only a third of what a new boat...
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      obmij replied to the thread What a shame.
      There was a guy on here a good few years ago, his name was Roger something and he was restoring his dads Centaur. He had a blog...
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      obmij replied to the thread What a shame.
      It doesn't seem logical, but sometimes it is the best decision. In fact I did something similar myself. In my early 20's I bought a...
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      obmij reacted to Fr J Hackett's post in the thread What a shame with Like Like.
      The fundamental issue is that owning and operating yacht / boat is expensive and time consuming, for some that burden gradually becomes...
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      obmij replied to the thread What a shame.
      There are well over 100 abandoned boats in one location near me. The council have been talking about clearing it up for years and have...
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      obmij reacted to RunAgroundHard's post in the thread What a shame with Like Like.
      There are a lot of older boats that are actually crap designs but rose tinted glasses suggest are good designs. They sail worse than...
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