My first boat - buying tomorrow fingers crossed (advice pls)

[paradave]

I read it as seastoke and was a bit confused. What % do you think it affects price?

 

[Aardee]

Do you need antifoul on the driveway?

 

[Bigplumbs]

Do you need antifoul on the driveway?

Depends how high the flood waters are. I do know you have to work on the boat a little before the start of the season to get it ready. No goof loading up the kids with their rubber rings on the first hot day of the summer and expecting all to work fine on that day without any prep

 

[TonyBerkshire]

Old ML 320 has seven seats and tows 3500 kg easily and cheaply - but these are super old now. Find a clean one for £2000 and you have a super cheap super capable off roader / towcar.... Comfy. I've had 3 now. I had the ML500 (22 mpg so not that horrendous) and ran on LPG.

If you want newer:-

GL320 / 420 - stunning car and available for £7k + And has proper diff locks and everything else off roady, seven seats, pure luxury.

Q7 good choice for "Car Like" manners and available cheaply

X5 for most Car-Like and nicest to drive, do a 7 seater, and right spec will tow 3500kg but a nice one will be more like £10k - £20k

Jeep Commander Hemi is terrible - the diesel is ok - but the Hemi will rarely hit 10mpg in the real world - its an American / Saudi car only I think!!

Range Rovers cheap and nice to drive, tow well and the benefit of getting on first name terms with your car repairer as it goes back to be repaired every day..... (had 2 - worst, most unreliable cars I have ever owned - but far from the oldest or cheapest! Always sworn I will NEVER buy another but I'm daft so may do!) Member of the family has had 4 brand new ones in less than 2 years.... 3 have been rejected and exchanged as unfit for purpose...... 5th is on order as a replacement for the last one that's been rejected after it's 10th breakdown!

this is the only gl320 on autotrader with the filters I applied? seem ok but more than the £7k you stipulated?

not been looking at X5s but are they better than the Q7?

 

[Sticky Fingers]

@TonyBerkshire I wonder if you're over thinking this... Lol.

Great thread.

 

[TonyBerkshire]

Tony don’t spend all your money on a tow car first , get your boat on the water rent a berth for a few months , get used to it , explore the area gain trust in your boat and experience. Then decide do you want to try other areas , Yes then get a tow car , in the mean time you might have had to spend a few k on the boat .The stereo won’t get you anywhere , good luck.

thanks... but how am I going to get it off my driveway and to the water? (ps... the £17k ish is money we dont really need so wont miss it... and need a bigger car for the family +dog anyway)

 

[TonyBerkshire]

For heaven's sake man stop dithering and get out on the water!!

Cant get out on the water without a car to move it off my driveway and to the water lol

 

[TonyBerkshire]

Anyone who knows about trailered boats knows that boats that have been antifouled generally attract a much lower price than ones that have not. Once on it ain’t gonna come off nicely

is there anything I need to do to the hull to protect it first?

 

[Bigplumbs]

is there anything I need to do to the hull to protect it first?

Not if you are going to just trailer boat. If you leave it on the water for more than say 3 weeks ish you will need to antifoul it. Unless you get a versa dock. How are you going to use it. You need to research these things rather than just ask on here

 

[billskip]

You need to research these things rather than just ask on here

..........?

 

[Bigplumbs]

..........?

Read up about antifoul for example

 

[TonyBerkshire]

Not if you are going to just trailer boat. If you leave it on the water for more than say 3 weeks ish you will need to antifoul it. Unless you get a versa dock. How are you going to use it. You need to research these things rather than just ask on here

Nah.... so much easier going to the forum school of ybw

.... (I jest... I get direction from here then I jump onto the school of youtube to do some research)

 

[Seastoke]

Nah.... so much easier going to the forum school of ybw

.... (I jest... I get direction from here then I jump onto the school of youtube to do some research)

Well Tony the first wknd is nearly. Over and May bank is 2 weeks away at this rate you will be on the hard all season like Bougainville and gogle box.

 

[TonyBerkshire]

Well Tony the first wknd is nearly. Over and May bank is 2 weeks away at this rate you will be on the hard all season like Bougainville and gogle box.

I have pretty much every Monday and Friday off all year so shall make it up ... got my RYA L2 course booked in... Want to be competent and safe before I take her out.

 

[billskip]

Want to be competent and safe before I take her out.

All the courses and certificates didn't stop me from dropping the hook into the dingy, backing up and parking,stern lines fixed, only to be told "yer ankers in yer dinghy mate"....

 

[TonyBerkshire]

UPDATE: Hi all, thanks for the guidance. Went with the Audi Q7... little more than I wanted to spend c£30k but wife is happy... that is almost as important as the towing capacity ... see you guys on the water

 

[Sneds]

Look forward to hearing about ans seeing some pics of your first trip out!

 

[Seastoke]

Look forward to hearing about ans seeing some pics of your first trip out!

Do you mean in the Audi

 

[dunedin]

Do you mean in the Audi

I think he has forgotten this thread involved a boat at one stage

 

[Seastoke]