I'm in a Dilemma.

[nyx2k]

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i really feel so much more at ease on the water. i get a little annoyed on days like to day as the weather is warm but the sea is pretty stirred up and even tho the boat can take a pounding i would feel safer with a bigger engine.
id love an old boat to be able to work on it over the winter. im always on the look out for a smallish project to keep me busy for six months to learn on then i can gradualy become more ambitious and take on a bigger boat. id like an older grp boat to get to grips with and learn eventually to work with wood.

 

[Roach1948]

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Mirelle got it in one! My life below:

Lots of sanding and varnishing - buy loads of expensive paint and varnish and wood - Skint - nicest boat - totally satisfied at last and therefore nice to others - sail nicest boat for a three days - paint/varnish flakes - repeat

 

[nyx2k]

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what a pretty looking boat. i know nothing about wooden boats or sailing but these older boats seem to have a character and at the risk of sounding odd i can imagine having a relationship with them when sailing on them and working on them.

 

[aztec]

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you're definitely in the right place.

 

[nyx2k]

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i was lucky a few weeks ago to watch some thames barges in a sailing race. when the race had finished and a few were moored at the peir head i motored out to have a closer look and was invited on board one of them. i imagined an old smelly inside and what i found was a splendid liveaboard interior that wouldnt have been out of place in a 100ft yacht.

apparently he'd spent over 200,000 in total on the refurbishment. he was a wealthy city gent who lived aboard. i didnt ask where he moored it.
i often see a lot of older boats in the estuary

regards nick

 

[Kristal]

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Probably at St Katherines, it is a haven for such craft, and most of them do charter. If you know her name, post it and I'll tell you - I know most of the TSBs on the London River.

Yes, Mirelle and I did a fair bit of swapping and insider trading this week, to the advanage (I think) of both. It's definitely a good thing that the old boat crowd has such a community feel, as the amount of invaluable advice and assistance that can be mustered is the thing that keeps me (also skint) able to keep my boat. I don't think I could otherwise.

As to this boatyard, I can't imagine it being profitable, rather a space for storage and sharing of resources. It's a nice dream!

/<

 

[nyx2k]

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profitable. probabaly not.

a sanctuary for the weary boats and weary owners. definatly.
a teaching and learning resource. maybe

if any owners are around the thames estuary i'd love to scrounge an hour out on these well loved craft. never sailed in my life tho so maybe i'd be a bit useless.