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Anyone got a boat?
Pezza - 25/5/09 at 03:55 PM

Fancy getting myself a little day/fishing boat for a bit of coastal work.
After a few to many drinkies I stuck a bid on this last night lol
Clicky
Also been looking on boats and outboard .co .uk and it seems you can get a seaworthy boat for not alot of money really.

So have any of you lot got a bot, any hints and tips?

Ta

Pez

Thinking about it - 25/5/09 at 04:07 PM

Sailing dinghy for me.

Another good site is apolloduck.co.uk

omega0684 - 25/5/09 at 04:18 PM

mama mia!

Ivan - 25/5/09 at 04:19 PM

I have no idea about British regulations but budget for lifejackets, flares, bucket, waterproof torch, anchor + anchor line, navigation lights, fishing gear, permits, some form of registration, etc etc.

Stuart_B - 25/5/09 at 04:43 PM

hi, my dad and me used to have a boat, well he has had a lot of boats, but manily speed boats. and know i got 2 jets instead.

hmm, well if you are going out in the seas, you must respect the sea, as it can get bad quickly.

if you have never doine this sort of thing you could do a rya course on a boat, and they teach you the basic of what you need to know in a couple days.

join a club where you can lanuch where people from there can help you until you get used to it.

hope this helps, if i can help just ask.

p.s that boat is kinda near me, as i am in clacton

stuart

dhutch - 25/5/09 at 05:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
I have no idea about British regulations but budget for lifejackets, flares, bucket, waterproof torch, anchor + anchor line, navigation lights, fishing gear, permits, some form of registration, etc etc.

You dont really need very much at all, by law. All of the above are sensable if you are doing coast work.
- Depending where you launch they may be fees/dues/bylaws etc. And rivers may have rules on navlights etc. But once your at sea, not much anyone can do!


This is what we have.
- She has done bits of tidal work, out at sharpness and in at avonmouth, lower thames and trent, etc. But not really a coastal vessal!




That and dingy sailing in south devon.


Daniel

Pezza - 25/5/09 at 05:14 PM

Cheers chaps.
Plan on doing the rya courses to get me used to things

JoelP - 25/5/09 at 05:19 PM

i did the rya courses level 2 &3 sailing and the day skipper courses. Fantastic fun, we sailed a yacht to france and back!

David Jenkins - 25/5/09 at 05:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Stuart_B
hmm, well if you are going out in the seas, you must respect the sea, as it can get bad quickly.


That thought crossed my mind - I grew up in the Gower peninsula near Swansea - when I was a kid I was either in the water or on it. Swansea bay is really a very sheltered spot, but it can still get quite evil when the wind and tide are in the wrong direction. Stray out of the bay and you're into the Severn estuary, with its fringe-of-the-North-Atlantic conditions, and that can get VERY scary when you're close to rocks with an on-shore breeze!

I have always been, and always will be, very wary of the sea... it's much bigger than me, and doesn't care about my welfare one bit!

Confused but excited. - 25/5/09 at 06:08 PM

ebay boat buying tips:

1) Get their land line number not just their ceel phone number.
2) Insist on collecting from his house. If they very sportingly offer to meet you part way, decline.
3) Make sure you see them go into the house.
4) Get the engine number and check with a dealer that the age is correct.
5) Take photographs of them with the boat outside their house.
Not following these simple rules, as I advised my youngest cost him dear.
He bought a small boat for £600. The 're-furbished, 18 year old engine' turned out to be a 30+ year old, seized, anchor.
No come-backs because they offered to meet him part way, cash sale, no longer registered with ebay.
What a suprise!
He didn't even take the registration number of their vehicle, because they were nice helpful guys.
MUPPET!

[Edited on 25/5/09 by Confused but excited.]

wilkingj - 25/5/09 at 06:13 PM

1. Good anchor with a LONG line. (Stops you getting into more trouble than you are already in. (long cos it needs to reach the bottom.
2. Proper Life jackets (Not jet Ski Bouyancy aids)
3. Full Coastal Flare Pack
4. VHF Marine Band radio (and course to use it / licence) Its an offence to transmit without a licence (£2000 fine)
5. Food / Water (water is most important)
6. Proper navigation Charts of the coastal area you are operating in. (Not an OS map or the AA handbook)
7. Spares for the engine, like spare fule in a separate can (aviods contamination etc) and spark plugs with tools to change.
8. Membership of the RNLI (prefereably an Offshore member). Remember its the RNLI who will dig you out of the Shite you get into. Join... You know its the right thing to do. Plus you can use their free service to check your boat and equipment. (if its still a free service).

Boating is not a cheap past time. Doing it wrong can cost you your life, and not just limited to your passengers.

I am sure you are aware of the crap that happens during the fastnet race (same area) and how quickly it all falls apart.

Still its good fun and if you do things properly you will minimise the risks.

The spend doesnt stop with the boat and its engine. I've been there!.... Now I just watch!
ie Go into this with your eyes wide open

Stuart_B - 25/5/09 at 06:25 PM

as well, all ways try to have a water test.

Simon - 25/5/09 at 07:11 PM

My boat - got it in October and still haven't been out in it!!



ATB

Simon

Werner Van Loock - 25/5/09 at 07:38 PM

May dad is selling his, more expensive at 45000€, but also a lot more boat and it's got a Detroit Diesel 2 stroke V8 in it wich is a wonderfull engine.

rf900rush - 25/5/09 at 08:33 PM

Not much good for fishing.

Ring 20 with Suzuki DT200.
Does not look like the old photo any more.
Bit negelcted at the moment.





But would like to change it for somthing more suitable for a a family.

If I ever sell the Dax Rush I'll love to build one of these types of classic boats.




Martin

Stuart_B - 30/5/09 at 05:37 PM

did you get that boat?