I'm sure that in the end Roy will get the boat that suits him and so long as he has a good time and enjoys it safely I'd chalk it up as a win!
Anyway I'll be out on the river next week so to those I havn't alienated say hi n pop over for a beer or buttie depending on yr poison.
To those I have - fair winds anyway
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Fair play to you if you have a spare £2-£3k to burn in fuel for one channel crossing, thats one hell of a lot of booze to be wasing though
(These figures are not exagerated either, something you will find out in time. There is a reason petrol boats become yo-yo boats. How many owners has yours had this far?)
I am going to call my next boat "Leg Arsey"...so I can be like my Mentor!Oh, that's an easy one - his brain cell finally caught up
The Princess 32 had (has) a lot of fans and that one looks to be in pretty good nick, cosmetically at least. BSS cert. has only a month to run so it would be sensible to make passing the test a condition of sale/purchase.
Thank You and no I didnt recognise the term of endearment i apologise if i was too defensive in that regard. I am now off to try to work out what a SWMBO is...Oh, that's an easy one - his brain cell finally caught up
Actually, I haven't recognised any of the interchange on here as being particularly offensive - we've had far worse A little mild abuse maybe, but I put that down to over enthusiastic attempts to help the OP avoid making what many of us would consider a mistake.
If the word Binliner offended was it perhaps because the OP isn't (or wasn't) aware that that is a term of 'endearment' we use instead of Bayliner (boats) and was not a personal abuse?
In the early days of first boat ownership many conflicting issues confuse the decision process. Skipper to be will be all about engines and toys and such stuff, whereas SWMBO (at least most of them) will more likely be influenced by comfort and appearance and safety - particularly safety if there are kids involved.
Finance is always an issue. Unless you're top case loaded there's never enough money to buy and run the boat you would really like so it comes down to deciding what you can find that you like and that (almost) fits your budget.
The OP asked us for advice and guidance and I soon gained the impression that the attractive condition was a more important issue than some of the more practical aspects. I suspect the OP was hoping more of us would tell him what he would like to hear, but it became clear that the advice from many to avoid petrol was not being heeded.
Absolutely fine, thats his decision and he will have to live by it. Accidents of the type we have drawn attention to rarely happen and, as others have said, many people run petrol boats satisfactorily.
However, for me, and clearly many others, fuel availability on the river and safety issues are at the top of my lists.
As ever, 'caveat emptor' , but I wish them well as they discover the delights of boating.
