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Post by rockdodger on Mar 12, 2018 4:06:13 GMT
I have just come across an advert for a live aboard narrowboat rental in London, with no mooring. The ad has a unique new description for movement requirements – “I am looking for an extremely trust worthy and experienced individual or couple to call the boat home for a minimum of 6 months. You will need to prove that you have solid experience in both living on and moving narrow boats on a regular basis as the boat is to be kept continuously cursing (required to move every 2 weeks or so).” For some, that might seem an apt enough interpretation of “CC”, no doubt. Pick me I'm Puckin good at pucken continuously pucken cursing😉 As for the continuous moving I would consider taking 6 months off and see how far North I could get & most definetly not staying in one place for 2 weeks. Thats this years holidays sorted real cheap😁......just air fares & the time off to work out now😣
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 4:42:32 GMT
Lots of boats have French names. Maybe this one is called Tourette?
Quite a good name for a boat used for short journeys, or tours of local neighbourhoods.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 9:00:04 GMT
I have just come across an advert for a live aboard narrowboat rental in London, with no mooring. The ad has a unique new description for movement requirements – “I am looking for an extremely trust worthy and experienced individual or couple to call the boat home for a minimum of 6 months. You will need to prove that you have solid experience in both living on and moving narrow boats on a regular basis as the boat is to be kept continuously cursing (required to move every 2 weeks or so).” For some, that might seem an apt enough interpretation of “CC”, no doubt. Lets hope CRT doesnt see his advert.....
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Post by peterboat on Mar 12, 2018 9:45:51 GMT
I have just come across an advert for a live aboard narrowboat rental in London, with no mooring. The ad has a unique new description for movement requirements – “I am looking for an extremely trust worthy and experienced individual or couple to call the boat home for a minimum of 6 months. You will need to prove that you have solid experience in both living on and moving narrow boats on a regular basis as the boat is to be kept continuously cursing (required to move every 2 weeks or so).” For some, that might seem an apt enough interpretation of “CC”, no doubt. Lets hope CRT doesnt see his advert..... Lets hope they do.............
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 12, 2018 12:00:00 GMT
Advert sent to CRT.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 12:16:24 GMT
Ta
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 12, 2018 12:18:16 GMT
Did I imagine this or was there recently some type of relaxation by CRT in regard to renting boats?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 12:21:44 GMT
Did I imagine this or was there recently some type of relaxation by CRT in regard to renting boats? Not sure about that but there is an "uplift" on mooring and license fees if you do it by the book and more technical BS scheme inspection too. Quite likely CRT are happy with it if they are getting more money. I don't really understand why they don't put there own boats on residential moorings and rent them out. Oops I shouldn't have said that !!
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Post by kris on Mar 12, 2018 12:26:39 GMT
Did I imagine this or was there recently some type of relaxation by CRT in regard to renting boats? Not sure about that but there is an "uplift" on mooring and license fees if you do it by the book and more technical BS scheme inspection too. Quite likely CRT are happy with it if they are getting more money. I don't really understand why they don't put there own boats on residential moorings and rent them out. Oops I shouldn't have said that !! Have you seen crt's boats? they have problems maintaining there maintenance fleet let alone livaboards.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 12:34:59 GMT
Did I imagine this or was there recently some type of relaxation by CRT in regard to renting boats? You have to have a home mooring for a start, so the dudes advert fails at the first hurdle...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 13:48:33 GMT
The text which NigelMoore posted does not appear to show any request for payment so -in theory- the boat is not in fact being rented out the owner is simply looking for a caretaker for 6 months
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Post by kris on Mar 12, 2018 13:51:21 GMT
The text which NigelMoore posted does not appear to show any request for payment so -in theory- the boat is not in fact being rented out the owner is simply looking for a caretaker for 6 months Very good point.
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Post by NigelMoore on Mar 12, 2018 13:57:23 GMT
The text which NigelMoore posted does not appear to show any request for payment so -in theory- the boat is not in fact being rented out the owner is simply looking for a caretaker for 6 months I can neither be bothered to try finding it again, nor interested in causing potential trouble for them. It was, however, definitely a rental offer; I looked at it because the cheap price caught my eye [not that I have any intent or need to rent a boat]. I posted it purely because the typo rendering 'continuous cruising' as 'continuous cursing' struck me as a serendipitously amusing and yet potentially apt one.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 15:56:52 GMT
It sounds appropriate to me along with "Continuously boozing". I have observed boats in London moving after the alloted 14 days and it often appears to be some sort of chore. Specially in winter.
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Post by thebfg on Mar 12, 2018 16:11:21 GMT
The text which NigelMoore posted does not appear to show any request for payment so -in theory- the boat is not in fact being rented out the owner is simply looking for a caretaker for 6 months I can neither be bothered to try finding it again, nor interested in causing potential trouble for them. It was, however, definitely a rental offer; I looked at it because the cheap price caught my eye [not that I have any intent or need to rent a boat]. I posted it purely because the typo rendering 'continuous cruising' as 'continuous cursing' struck me as a serendipitously amusing and yet potentially apt one. I liked it because of “I am looking for an extremely trust worthy and experienced individual or couple to call the boat home for a minimum of 6 months. You will need to prove that you have solid experience in both living on and moving narrow boats on a regular basis as the boat is to be kept continuously cursing ( required to move every 2 weeks or so).” small things but it made me chuckle.
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