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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 8, 2016 9:37:24 GMT
Ballast could be gold coins. Won't rust. Will retain their value, too (unlike your £££ in Barclays).
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Post by bromleyxphil on Nov 8, 2016 9:39:04 GMT
Ballast could be gold coins. Won't rust. Will retain their value, too (unlike your £££ in Barclays). I won't have any gold coins left when I buy a boat
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Post by bromleyxphil on May 19, 2017 18:36:47 GMT
Hi guys, not been here for a while as I have been away in China so not much has changed since my last posts. I have however booked the campsite and the tickets and am on my way "wife as well" to Crick next weekend. I was wondering if you folk with more experience of this event had any advice of how to get the most out of the show.
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Phil
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Post by lollygagger on May 19, 2017 18:51:24 GMT
Hi guys, not been here for a while as I have been away in China so not much has changed since my last posts. I have however booked the campsite and the tickets and am on my way "wife as well" to Crick next weekend. I was wondering if you folk with more experience of this event had any advice of how to get the most out of the show. thanks Phil If your missus isn't really into the idea, but you are determined expect and accept that divorce is inevitable. If, to get her onboard, you have to go all German kitchen and domestic windows, a narrowboat won't take it like a wider type bigger boat would. Narrowboats are narrow, it's limiting but at the same time that mostly stops people doing regretted things to their insides.
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Post by Telemachus on May 19, 2017 18:51:41 GMT
Hi guys, not been here for a while as I have been away in China so not much has changed since my last posts. I have however booked the campsite and the tickets and am on my way "wife as well" to Crick next weekend. I was wondering if you folk with more experience of this event had any advice of how to get the most out of the show. thanks Phil Haven't been for a few years but then, quite a few of the posher builders required an appointment to view. It might be worthwhile checking out the list of attendees and making appointments with any that take your fancy. But perhaps best not to say you are there just to steal ideas!
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 19:52:20 GMT
I find the best way to get the most out of Crick boat show is to stay as far away as possible from it for the duration.
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Post by tonyqj on May 19, 2017 19:53:27 GMT
I find the best way to get the most out of Crick boat show is to stay as far away as possible from it for the duration. I hate Crick.
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Post by lollygagger on May 19, 2017 20:00:00 GMT
I went to one just north of the middle of the m25, 30 years ago. It was quite quiet and I was the only one inside the boats I looked at. Good grief, some of them were as much as a house! Anyway the wife said the kids would drown and wouldn't even come to the show so we bought a knackered house.
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Post by peterboat on May 19, 2017 20:02:23 GMT
Pray for good weather as otherwise its a mudbath and also that the local abattoir doesnt catch fire as the whole area smell like roast pork it was horrendous
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 21:49:12 GMT
Dont buy anything. I spent 2600 quid at crick last time i went, 2years later, everything I'd bought there had been binned. It's shit.
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 20, 2017 10:07:00 GMT
I went to the Crick show last year and although I enjoyed it, it's not the type of thing I'd want to go to twice.
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Post by leo326 on May 20, 2017 10:42:16 GMT
Bromleyxphil, The whole business of narrowboats being perfected over years is, at best, utter rubbish. Modern technology, coatings, and materials have changed that forever. I built a boat nearly 20 years ago and got fed up with being told "you can't do that" or "that's not the way it's done", It has served us well in that time. I planned the boat having never been inside a narrowboat in my life. Beware of your shell builder building the shell he wants, make sure it is what you want. That means planning the whole boat, and it's systems, beforehand including how the internal walls will fix to the shell, and width of all external doors. Don't let him primer the outside, or black the hull until you have specified the treatment and products to use. Look outside the UK, Many other countries use products and methods to build boats that are superior to those used in the UK. Do not worry too much about how the boat looks from the outside, you will be living on the inside. It is how the boat works, and works for you, that matters. Chose your engine and silencer with extreme care. It is an expensive piece of kit and you will have to live with it, and it's noise for years. Plan for the future. Things change and break (frequently after the manufacturer has gone out of business) . People change, as do their minds and capabilities. I was a fit 50+ when I built a boat for CC'ing and now, at 70 overwinter in a marina, a totally different lifestyle and I had to modify the boat for that situation. It had all been planned in and could be done without ripping the boat apart. Certainly listen to advice from all quarters but a good functioning boat is not a collection of good ideas. It is an integrated system, it requires the compromises that work best for you. Good luck, and do not let tradition stand in your way.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2017 12:17:12 GMT
Agree with most of what you wrote but I like a boat to look good from the outside, and be functional (often the two go hand in hand). I don't sacrifice comfort for boat looks but I like to say to myself "thats a nice boat" when I approach my own boats.
Its personal.
Some people even like Hudson boats !!
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Post by JohnV on May 21, 2017 6:30:11 GMT
Some people even like Hudson boats !!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2017 8:08:19 GMT
Agree with most of what you wrote but I like a boat to look good from the outside, and be functional (often the two go hand in hand). I don't sacrifice comfort for boat looks but I like to say to myself "thats a nice boat" when I approach my own boats. Its personal. Some people even like Hudson boats !! I like hudsons, but they often get bad press for the type of owner they attract, which is justified in some cases.
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