Simo

We have a 30' connoisseur which came with a 18kg front mudweight which seems to hold well and i have added a second for the stern , as we like to wild camp and do a bit of fishing so one at either end keeps the boat in the desired position! I would have prefered a bit lighter one for the stern , say a 15kg but ended up with another 18

We bought our first boat last year - and we had about an hour and half drive up, so we would book a fri or sat night cheep stopover in a travelodge or prem inn in Norwich or wherever looked good, which gave you good time to travel all around the boat yards, marinas and sellers looking. We really did learn a lot doing this seeing different boats and speaking to people and i would recomend doing it that way! It seemed that nearly all the boats advertised were disapointing in one way or another, but travelling round you could spot something with a for sale sigh on it quite often! We saw one boat that became our benchmark, which was double our budget , but we kept going back to it and ended up buying it in the end - well pleased with it now and armed wit what we learned on the way got it at a better price! We also looked at moorings while on our travels, and ended up under Wroxham bridge in bridge house broad, short walk to shops and pub - may be space there!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys - will get a pic up of our boat when i work out how to do it!! ?

Hello all - just joined up, having purchased our boat a few months ago and have been getting to grips with boat ownership! Been a great adventure so far, cost a lot, learned a bit but had fun lol! Boat is a Connoisseur 900 29' called Carol Annis moored at Wroxham! We have met some great people so far and had a good deal of help and advice! Simon and Terri