I am new here please go easy on me

From what I have read on this thread I wonder where the voices of common sense have gone?
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Jeremy is at the bottom of a steep learning curve. I think his first post is a wishlist and will be distilled into what is possible/sensible/safe/fun etc.

Good luck to him and his family.
 
Welcome to he Forum.

No need to worry about joining in on here, a wealth of information and there isn't much which doesn't get answered.

I shall leave it to others with more relevant experience to suggest boats but just wanted to say hello.

Henry :)
 
What is "trouble", this is the thing that concerns me, what is the most problematic thing.

As I have three disabled sons I need reliability, is it the hull/deck, materials, engine etc

Thank you
 
Thank you.

As I said I am entering this with no pre conceived ideas, no expectations.

I have/ we have had boats on the Thames many years ago, but this is the real "first" for me, and with three sons with learning difficulties I am here asking the people who know for advice, and what I have received is beyond thanks, even as I read Thank you all
 
I think the boat for you is the Troll 30 class.
She is very easy to handle under normal circumstances but has changeable characteristics so you need to be a lert for this.
Accommodation is very good for her size 4 beds a kitchen & bathroom (small). There is an option to add a mast & sails if you cant afford the diesel fuel on ocean trips

Good luck to you and your unfortunate sons in your quest
 
It would behelpful, especially as there at least a couple of people here who have specialist disabled experience, if you could - without breaking confidences, of course - indicate what sort of disabilities the children have. There may be specialist requirements, e.g. need to keep the temperature of the cabin above 18C, or absence of sudden loud noises, for instance, which would predicate certain functions and abilities of the boat.

I take it, as an example, that a sailing boat is not in consideration.
 
Some questions to consider?
How fast do you want to go? How fast can you afford to go? Type of hull? (displacement, planing, in between)
Do you want open or closed helm?
Cockpit space or cabin space?
Shafts or legs?
How many engines?
You are at the bottom of a very steep and hopefully interesting learning curve. Don't jump in too early and have a look at a lot of different boats and styles of boat.
 
I wonder if a lot of people just go and buy a sports boat as they are quite common then find they really can't afford to feed it fuel and end up at 5kn all the time. If you fall in to that category then maybe a displacement boat would have been a better, cheaper choice?
 
jeremyrundle said:
What is "trouble", this is the thing that concerns me, what is the most problematic thing.

As I have three disabled sons I need reliability, is it the hull/deck, materials, engine etc

Thank you
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Oh dear Jerry it's seems that your 3rd son has now developed learning difficulties. it was only a few days ago you had 2with difficulties .
As suggested by Sailorman maybe a troll30 is the boat for you .
 
Happy to not a problem at all, simply learning difficulties, one, Stephen my youngest fails to see danger but that is not a problem for me.
 
Er, I have three sons, all have had learning difficulties, one also has partial hearing.

Sons 22,21,19 (David Simon and Stephen, and YES the initials are DSS, make something out of that)

If you have any questions about MY honest se MY site

www.jrs-photography.co.uk
 
Jeremy,

One of the beauties of this forum is that it takes all kinds - and give all sorts.

Once your quest is understood you will get lots of good response including unexpected eye openers, so get the wisdom out, take note of the advice and ignore the rest :)
 
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