Moved to the coast! Need a boat. Any small motor boat owners
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Hi all. Moved to Sidmouth and fancy spending £15k or so on a small non flash motorboat for me and Mrs silverback to pootle about with. We live in Sidmouth so will probably moor in exmouth.
Any help appreciated with regard to fences to leap for certification and running cost appreciated!!
Thanks in advance. Mike
Any help appreciated with regard to fences to leap for certification and running cost appreciated!!
Thanks in advance. Mike
Don't rush into anything, I would go to Southampton boat show next Month. Pick up lots of information on various boats you like.
They normally have a try a boat stand , no hard sell get on the water for a little trip.
See if you like it?
Do a basic RYA theory course over the winter, then look to get a good second hand boat in the spring.
A rough rule of thumb work on 10% of the purchased cost for each year to run the boat.
Good luck
They normally have a try a boat stand , no hard sell get on the water for a little trip.
See if you like it?
Do a basic RYA theory course over the winter, then look to get a good second hand boat in the spring.
A rough rule of thumb work on 10% of the purchased cost for each year to run the boat.
Good luck
rosejem said:
Don't rush into anything, I would go to Southampton boat show next Month. Pick up lots of information on various boats you like.
They normally have a try a boat stand , no hard sell get on the water for a little trip.
See if you like it?
Do a basic RYA theory course over the winter, then look to get a good second hand boat in the spring.
A rough rule of thumb work on 10% of the purchased cost for each year to run the boat.
Good luck
Thank you. Great advice. No rush but by spring would like a punt. Are boats like convertibles. Best Buy in winter? 😁They normally have a try a boat stand , no hard sell get on the water for a little trip.
See if you like it?
Do a basic RYA theory course over the winter, then look to get a good second hand boat in the spring.
A rough rule of thumb work on 10% of the purchased cost for each year to run the boat.
Good luck
Out of season usually best time but the pandemic has had odd effects and stuff has been going for silly money.
Avoid leaving it too late into the spring as people start looking.
Ribs - esp older ones - probably best avoided as you are likely to get issues as tubes age and a retube can be expensive.
Avoid leaving it too late into the spring as people start looking.
Ribs - esp older ones - probably best avoided as you are likely to get issues as tubes age and a retube can be expensive.
Edited by paintman on Saturday 28th August 09:25
Think carefully about what you want the boat for, ribs and speedboats are great fun if you want to go fast and/or want to water ski, wakeboard etc but, if you want to just spend time on the boat enjoying pottering and spending time on the water, something slower with some cover (and a loo!) might be more appropriate.
I used to have a 20' speedboat with a 200hp outboard which was good for about 50ish knots and had lots of fun with it but if Mrs R and I were on our own it had its limitations - if we wanted to go to the beach we were there in no time but then we had the choice of anchoring and sitting in the open boat, swimming ashore or heading to another beach very quickly. Our next boat was a 'Trusty 21' - as the name suggests, 21' long but this time a chugging diesel inboard, 7kts flat out! This one though had a cabin with two berths, a sink, gas ring, fridge and, most importantly, a loo. It meant that a day out on the boat was just that; we'd spend a proper day out, enjoying the journey to places, anchoring or mooring up, swimming off the boat but then having somewhere covered to dry off and get changed, perhaps making a brew on the stove or getting a cold beer from the fridge.
Both boats were fantastic but very different - horses for courses, I'm sure you get the picture.
Oh, and definitely get some instruction, I'm biased being an RYA Powerboat Instructor, but it really is worth doing, not just for the safety aspects but the better you can handle your boat, the more you'll enjoy it.
(I've now got a yacht but that's another story!)
I used to have a 20' speedboat with a 200hp outboard which was good for about 50ish knots and had lots of fun with it but if Mrs R and I were on our own it had its limitations - if we wanted to go to the beach we were there in no time but then we had the choice of anchoring and sitting in the open boat, swimming ashore or heading to another beach very quickly. Our next boat was a 'Trusty 21' - as the name suggests, 21' long but this time a chugging diesel inboard, 7kts flat out! This one though had a cabin with two berths, a sink, gas ring, fridge and, most importantly, a loo. It meant that a day out on the boat was just that; we'd spend a proper day out, enjoying the journey to places, anchoring or mooring up, swimming off the boat but then having somewhere covered to dry off and get changed, perhaps making a brew on the stove or getting a cold beer from the fridge.
Both boats were fantastic but very different - horses for courses, I'm sure you get the picture.
Oh, and definitely get some instruction, I'm biased being an RYA Powerboat Instructor, but it really is worth doing, not just for the safety aspects but the better you can handle your boat, the more you'll enjoy it.
(I've now got a yacht but that's another story!)
Edited by Rotaree on Saturday 28th August 10:21
They do look rather nice. And seem to be plenty of ads for not a lot of money.
Factor in a small sib with outboard to get to & from the boat on its mooring.
You could tow the sib behind when out for the day and if you find a beach you like the look of you can anchor up and use the sib to go ashore.
Factor in a small sib with outboard to get to & from the boat on its mooring.
You could tow the sib behind when out for the day and if you find a beach you like the look of you can anchor up and use the sib to go ashore.
Edited by paintman on Tuesday 7th September 16:26
We're in a similar, er, position and are trying to work out what we want and where the sweet spot for use Vs expense. (IYSWIM) We have so many conflicting wants I'm not sure one (or even two!) boat will do it!
The main desire is to be able to get to places to kayak/paddleboard with the kids as they don't have the stamina to get to the interesting bits and towing/carrying them in a double limits what we can do. I think we'd need a cabin, and wife and daughter would appreciate a loo (or a posh bucket...). Travelling at 6kts takes forever so sailing is out, but SWMBO doesn't like noisy engines! And she also fancies towing a ringo/ski/board.
I think we're renting/borrowing for a bit to work out where the compromise is.
The main desire is to be able to get to places to kayak/paddleboard with the kids as they don't have the stamina to get to the interesting bits and towing/carrying them in a double limits what we can do. I think we'd need a cabin, and wife and daughter would appreciate a loo (or a posh bucket...). Travelling at 6kts takes forever so sailing is out, but SWMBO doesn't like noisy engines! And she also fancies towing a ringo/ski/board.
I think we're renting/borrowing for a bit to work out where the compromise is.
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