Soooo,
Went to view two boats in Cambridgeshire area yesterday (Sunday) saw a black'n'grey fz6 on the A10 on way to Ely. Good start!
First one I viewed 'appeared' to be in good condition and was built entirely by the owner, 59’ long 10’ wide very nice size having a second bedroom for the kiddiwink, only 3 years old! (The boat, not my daughter)
Ticked all the right boxes before I went to view and those ticks confirmed with a good 2 hour visit and chat to the owner Trevor who seemed genuine enough.
Reason for sale? He'd recently finished his new boat for him to move onto, same length but 12’ wide, moored right next to the current boat so legitimate, plus within budget including transporting to the Grand union!
2nd boat was in a marina, owners already moved out and not on site to chat to.
Took the keys and walked round to it, externally in a state- needed completely repainting, it has a wooden wheelhouse which originally caught my eye as this creates an extra room on the boat, at the time of viewing it was raining and roof was leaking in several places, not only that but the whole wooden structure looked in disrepair!
At 57’ foot long it had a great living space but no 2nd bedroom, interiors can be refitted to accommodate but as the boat was already 'just' over budget I didn't see the point in making an offer so went home and enjoyed a lovely lunch!
Spent a few hours looking on internet on other boats on watch list and without viewing them personally they were already not up to the same standard as the first boat I viewed, older and smaller!
Deliberated for a while, had a positive chat to a guy who owns and lives aboard an 8 year old boat built by Trevor, made a phone call and placed a deposit with a third party marina He has used to sell his boats in the past!
So, it's being booked to be lifted out the water for a full survey at my cost (which is the norm for a buyer)
Trevor is so confident in the integrity he has said if anything negative comes back he'll pay for the survey and rectify the issue.
A new 4 year boat safety certificate is to be issued at the same time at his cost, then it will be craned on to a lorry and transported over to Leighton buzzard to be put on the Grand Union.
Well, that's the current plan anyway.
Big thanks to skippernick for enduring my constant questions, I daren't count the 'Re's Re's on the messages list!
Went to view two boats in Cambridgeshire area yesterday (Sunday) saw a black'n'grey fz6 on the A10 on way to Ely. Good start!
First one I viewed 'appeared' to be in good condition and was built entirely by the owner, 59’ long 10’ wide very nice size having a second bedroom for the kiddiwink, only 3 years old! (The boat, not my daughter)
Ticked all the right boxes before I went to view and those ticks confirmed with a good 2 hour visit and chat to the owner Trevor who seemed genuine enough.
Reason for sale? He'd recently finished his new boat for him to move onto, same length but 12’ wide, moored right next to the current boat so legitimate, plus within budget including transporting to the Grand union!
2nd boat was in a marina, owners already moved out and not on site to chat to.
Took the keys and walked round to it, externally in a state- needed completely repainting, it has a wooden wheelhouse which originally caught my eye as this creates an extra room on the boat, at the time of viewing it was raining and roof was leaking in several places, not only that but the whole wooden structure looked in disrepair!
At 57’ foot long it had a great living space but no 2nd bedroom, interiors can be refitted to accommodate but as the boat was already 'just' over budget I didn't see the point in making an offer so went home and enjoyed a lovely lunch!
Spent a few hours looking on internet on other boats on watch list and without viewing them personally they were already not up to the same standard as the first boat I viewed, older and smaller!
Deliberated for a while, had a positive chat to a guy who owns and lives aboard an 8 year old boat built by Trevor, made a phone call and placed a deposit with a third party marina He has used to sell his boats in the past!
So, it's being booked to be lifted out the water for a full survey at my cost (which is the norm for a buyer)
Trevor is so confident in the integrity he has said if anything negative comes back he'll pay for the survey and rectify the issue.
A new 4 year boat safety certificate is to be issued at the same time at his cost, then it will be craned on to a lorry and transported over to Leighton buzzard to be put on the Grand Union.
Well, that's the current plan anyway.
Big thanks to skippernick for enduring my constant questions, I daren't count the 'Re's Re's on the messages list!
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