Riverboat - anything similar to a riva ?

[CraigW]

Hi all,

Making the large assumption we get the house we're trying to, it will come with a mooring.

I'd like to get a boat for day trips to carry 4-6 people. will never go out in bad weather and there is a speed limit so engine power isnt important.

I'd love something that looks similar to the riva's (which are waaaay out of budget)

are there any stylish cheaper alternatives?

Thanks

[village idiot]

http://www.peterfreebody.com/

give this chap a call... this is all he deals with... i brokered a riva super ariston through him a few years back... very nice guy.

[dictys]

mixed feelings about above, however he does have some nice boats.

[CraigW]

any idea on cost? have emailed him

[Huntsman]

I've an axe to grind with Freebody.

Have a look at a Fairey Huntsman 28

[bluesatin]

I would avoid Freebody! We have a boat mored oposite around 20ft that looks like modeled on a Riva in GRP. Not sure the make but something like Caprice.

[R1_NUR]

http://www.colomboboats.it/

Just like Riva!

Maybe as expensive though.

My mate has one on lake Como and it is the best way to spend a day.

[Huntsman]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Don't know the ins and outs of the Freebody posts above, but there are some lovely looking boats on his site.....

Basically his business model is to buy down at heal boats and keep them in his yard until a customer coes along to fund the restoration, I think the quality of the work is good, the prices might not be the most cost effective...

My particular beef is that he bought a boat, motor boat, built in the 30's in France, that had been owned by my school friends father for 40 odd years, the boat was a major feature in my childhood, he left it in the yard to rot for 10 years, chopped the cabin off and left it uncovered. I left a note in his visitors book to say 'Please look after Merlin' as it was clearly not being looked after. A couple of years later he called me to say the yard was being cleared and i could have Merlin for nothing, I went to see her with a boat transport guy, I had a poke around, she was so bad that she was beyond crane lifting. I was gutted. A beautiful and fine boat wasted. As it happens I'm knees deep in the three boats pictured below and Merlin was so far gone I just could not save her. She was a fine boat stil sporting machine gun strafe marks from WWII. Wasted. I will not forgive him. Merlin was not the only case like it in his yard either. In his position in the classic motorboat industry he should know better.

My Huntsman



My British Powerboat company Racing boats from the 30's.

[bluesatin]

If you are willing to pay the upkeep cost nothing touches a slipper launch for style and looks. I loved the one we had but the cost each year without a boathouse was shocking. Andrews Gentlemans Day Launch also and option- look for £30k for a decent example and £5-10K for scrape and vanish every 4 years.

Obviously you should go for this.

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats_for_sale/33838...

Edited by bluesatin on Tuesday 13th October 22:00

[Rum Runner]

Chris Craft

http://images.google.co.uk/images?sourceid=navclie...

I may know of a guy selling 2004 Chris Craft 22, he is classic car dealer and the guy wants to trade it for a 60's Merc. Similar to this http://www.chriscraft.com/index.php?submenu=ModelL...
Will be close to 30K i am guessing.

Edited by Rum Runner on Tuesday 13th October 22:38

[noneedtolift]

You could also try a "Boesch" boat second hand.

[dazren]

bluesatin said:

If you are willing to pay the upkeep cost nothing touches a slipper launch for style and looks. I loved the one we had but the cost each year without a boathouse was shocking. Andrews Gentlemans Day Launch also and option- look for £30k for a decent example and £5-10K for scrape and vanish every 4 years.

Obviously you should go for this.

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats_for_sale/33838...

Edited by bluesatin on Tuesday 13th October 22:00

Damn right he should.

Thought they were a lot more than that.

[CraigW]

dazren said:

bluesatin said:

If you are willing to pay the upkeep cost nothing touches a slipper launch for style and looks. I loved the one we had but the cost each year without a boathouse was shocking. Andrews Gentlemans Day Launch also and option- look for £30k for a decent example and £5-10K for scrape and vanish every 4 years.

Obviously you should go for this.

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats_for_sale/33838...

Edited by bluesatin on Tuesday 13th October 22:00

Damn right he should.

Thought they were a lot more than that.

OMG thats lovely