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Colin_Maslen, poster hereabouts, is considering a new boat. Ok, not a “new” boat, but a boat that will be new to him. None of my business of course, so an ideal discussion topic IMHO.
Now, his boat at the moment is on the River Ouse. It’s about 30 feet long and he’s not allowed to have a bigger one, else he’s out and anyway the flower arrangement will get spoilt under the bridges. But last year he took it to the coast, and came back by sea (I went wiv him) and a very jolly time. So he trucked it to the south coast this summer, and had an even better time cross-channel with an MBM cruise to Holland. Also, in June, he’s been proper med-boating in Sof France with us, and now proper UK-boating with jfm in the Solent, DaveS x-channel and MBM to holland.
Lots of experinece, one would have thought, enabling him to make a perfect choice for new boat in exactly the right location, and indeed a pile more experience than most people get before buying first med/sea/solent boat. Trouble is, all of these new options (bigger boat, solent, med) require him to travel a bit more than ten minutes in order to go boating, to find the sea. And since he lives in the middle of nowhere (cambridgeshire) it’s a fair distance to anything of interest, other than his boat, or um, well that’s it really. Oh, there’s Ipswich of course, which is handy for er Southwold and back.
Now what will he do? Currently his boat is for sale at a price that will also allow him to buy a helicopter and it’s been advertised in the toilet block of his local marina, so he clearly hasn’t found the Right Boat yet. He might like to buy DaveS’s ace UK boat turbo 36 but not for more eighteen quid. Now he’s been to the solent, with an offer of buying a share of a boat, but it’s 3 hours away winge winge. Should he try that? Or perhaps keep his own boat, plus a toy boat in the bath for when he can’t be arsed to drive all the way to the end of the street, plus visit other boats for fun and help us with the washing up and driving a bit, and/or rent some other boats? Or maybe buy a small share in a solent boat, like a seventh share of a Phantom on the south coast? Or is this just taking the P?
Easy for me, cos never bin in a river, and ooer looks all dodgy with nasty hard bits of land never more than 5 yards away. Much more sensible (well, less stupid) to see a Great Divide between river and sea boating, than yottie and power. How did others choose river over sea, or do they live halfway between, I wonder? And more important (in kilroy accent) “Howdja Feee-ull, howdja Feee-ull, about river or sea, uh? And whadjou think re-ully, that colin should do? Hm? Yes you, no not him sitting next door, you, yes you reading this? ”
Now, his boat at the moment is on the River Ouse. It’s about 30 feet long and he’s not allowed to have a bigger one, else he’s out and anyway the flower arrangement will get spoilt under the bridges. But last year he took it to the coast, and came back by sea (I went wiv him) and a very jolly time. So he trucked it to the south coast this summer, and had an even better time cross-channel with an MBM cruise to Holland. Also, in June, he’s been proper med-boating in Sof France with us, and now proper UK-boating with jfm in the Solent, DaveS x-channel and MBM to holland.
Lots of experinece, one would have thought, enabling him to make a perfect choice for new boat in exactly the right location, and indeed a pile more experience than most people get before buying first med/sea/solent boat. Trouble is, all of these new options (bigger boat, solent, med) require him to travel a bit more than ten minutes in order to go boating, to find the sea. And since he lives in the middle of nowhere (cambridgeshire) it’s a fair distance to anything of interest, other than his boat, or um, well that’s it really. Oh, there’s Ipswich of course, which is handy for er Southwold and back.
Now what will he do? Currently his boat is for sale at a price that will also allow him to buy a helicopter and it’s been advertised in the toilet block of his local marina, so he clearly hasn’t found the Right Boat yet. He might like to buy DaveS’s ace UK boat turbo 36 but not for more eighteen quid. Now he’s been to the solent, with an offer of buying a share of a boat, but it’s 3 hours away winge winge. Should he try that? Or perhaps keep his own boat, plus a toy boat in the bath for when he can’t be arsed to drive all the way to the end of the street, plus visit other boats for fun and help us with the washing up and driving a bit, and/or rent some other boats? Or maybe buy a small share in a solent boat, like a seventh share of a Phantom on the south coast? Or is this just taking the P?
Easy for me, cos never bin in a river, and ooer looks all dodgy with nasty hard bits of land never more than 5 yards away. Much more sensible (well, less stupid) to see a Great Divide between river and sea boating, than yottie and power. How did others choose river over sea, or do they live halfway between, I wonder? And more important (in kilroy accent) “Howdja Feee-ull, howdja Feee-ull, about river or sea, uh? And whadjou think re-ully, that colin should do? Hm? Yes you, no not him sitting next door, you, yes you reading this? ”
