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Show me a boat from 1982 thats in perfect condition.

You cant realistically expect it to be in factory condition, you also cant expect the current owner to be happy to give it away either!

It also depends on what the person looking at buying it will be happy with.

In my opinion it looks better than the first prospect but dont be suprised if the owner doesnt want to pay you to take it away!!!!

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I guess it does depend on what you seek - and if you seek a certain type of boat and you can see three for sale or similar year of production you are going to look at all three and select the best in your mind that suits.  But the fact is boating is a choice, a hobby or passion and it can begin being something all consuming but over years might just fall out of favour, or someones circumstances change.

Some owners are more than happy to be rid of something that has become a liability, on going costs to keep it at a mooring, to insure, and get to and run when the flame has long since gone out in their heart, while others will be forced to part with it - every one has a back story as to why it is for sale, even if just to move up to a larger boat or downsize.

 

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13 hours ago, JawsOrca said:

Carpet? where? who mentioned carpet? Carpet I saw it mentioned....

Do you do specialist toilet carpets?

13 hours ago, LondonRascal said:

So the boat was last anti-fouled 4 years ago, which means that will need doing, that outboard with its faded decals tells me it has been on the boat a good number of years, the green water mark on the leg that it has spent its time dunked in the water - the porta porti and the carpet lining - lovely (not) so that would need sorting, keep the toilet or spent about £60.00 for a new one. The carpet lining above the V Berth on starboard side has tell tale water marks = leak somewhere s so to my mind she is not worth £6,800

Agree with all of that, Robin. Personally I'd go in at £3k and perhaps, reluctantly. up to £3.5k absolute max. Trouble is that a mug might go along and pay what would be silly money. Basically a nice boat being offered at an optimistic rather than a realistic price. 

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25 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

Do you do specialist toilet carpets

Hello Sir!

Thank you asking such a question.:

Teak carpet is a waterproof, easy to clean product, We have installed in head's etc..to clean you can simply take outside and hose down and allow to dry.  So although it's not necessarily designed for head's it will survive! 

Parent company www.trimnet.co.uk can also further assist with other non teak carpet products ;)

 

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Seriously, there is a major flaw I have found with 'Teak Carpet' - something that just would not go away, and has taken me some time to find a solution, but I am happy to say a solution has been found.

You see it just does not have that fresh Teak scent to it. 

Now I can offer a simple to use Teak scent that will infuse your carpet and and fill the air with those rich Teak warming scents. http://amzn.eu/3JnFOrm 

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19 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

if I were to use it as a lining in the heads, or anywhere else for that matter, does it take glue well? 

Peter not sure if you meant me..

For the heads for obvious reasons carpet isn't the best solution. You really want the gel coat finish or a laminate finish. On Orca we have a special vinyl covering over the timber which effectively tanks the room and is easy to clean although our loo is a wet room. Via trimnet we do have a number of vinyls that are suitable.. To apply these a spray contact adhesive is all that is needed and if applied correctly will last many years.

If you do want to go with sidelining carpets, typically below the gunwalls a special sidelining carpet works well, again spray contact adhesive works well, I would recommend using the correct purpose made sidelining carpet, some people use felt backed or whatever but the felt backing will peel off quicker than the right stuff, (you should get 15 years out of the right stuff instead of a couple of years).

Above the gunwalls and ceilings (maybe in loos), you can go with vinyl, if you go with foam backed, spend a bit more and get one which as mesh weaved into the foam side, it helps the glue stick and stick longer. Contrary to popular belief foam back headlinings these days should last 15 years+  An industry hack though is to use a scrim foam which you apply first and then a non foam back vinyl, it's cheaper, allows you to adjust the thickness of the foam as to taste, and gives assurance that that it wont' come off.  You can also use this behind sidelining carpets and it gives a really nice feel.

The teak carpet product is water resistant and easy to clean so it can be used in wet areas and can be lifted to be cleaned, we don't recommend gluing it down really, it will still absorb water although it's mould resistant it does need to be lifted to allow the water to drain away which it does quickly. We typically suggest press studs to secure down or a non slip matting underneath with works well. It can be glued down but we wouldnt recommend it and don't do as part of the fitting service.  We also don't suggest it's used on cabin sides mainly because the lines will look weird, customers requesting this are advised to use sidelining carpet which is glued in place.

We can supply all required for any such job, I need to get a web shop up but contact me at sales@trimnet.co.uk for any trimming requirements, mention NBN for a 10% discount. 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Thanks for all the pointers, we have now upped our budget, we have just returned from Lancaster where we visited two marinas and viewed a boat in each one, appointment made a week on Monday to visit Sawley marina on the Trent just to confirm where we want to be, at the moment the Lancaster is looking the ideal for us, may be back soon though with some more boaty questions, back to the NBN theme though I now have a month off work the last week of July into August so looking for a suitable boat to book on the Northern broads again , the one we wanted from Ferry marina is not available so looking for other options but so far we are struggling to find anything suitable , short notice I know but hopefully a bit more googling will come up with something, wanted to book it this weekend really so we can book the puss into the cattery..

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