Bogart

Yes all sounds good until you see the realities. Funnily enough I met a couple in Potter Heigham at the weekend who were boat hunting. Looking at Bounty 27s. I found out they had just sold their boat, a wooden one, purely because the effort to keep it maintained was getting too much for them. One big minus with the Bourne34 is the loo. I thought I had left behind cassette toilets with my old caravans of the past.

I am easily confused. Have messaged Clive.

Was getting confused by you signing off as Paul.

I love the log burner.

Bit lost here . Clive says berth available. Then a reply from Paul am confused sorry.

Yet another boat that took my liking. I know one is told to stay away from wooden boats. Is that all wood or just wooden hulls. I do like the look of this but with my lack of knowledge is probably totally unsuitable. https://www.boatshowrooms.com/boats-for-sale/london/classic-bourne-34/

May I ask where you/they are?

The mooring situation, at present, is not as bad as I thought it might be.

Thanks am going to wander around the broads this weekend .

Right Fred

Am coming round to the mindset that petrol is not the best option for the Broads.

A question why centre cockpit?

The thing is until I talk to people, as I have here, I may be totally unaware of factors that I have not even knew existed. With no disrespect to the reply by Marshman 'The point remains YOU have to make the decision! it does help me if I am unaware of any glaring errors I may have in my needs, or more correctly my perceived needs.

Maybe not but one can gather maybe a bit more insight.

Have decide I will spend next 3 days touring the broads and just asking owners their opinions. Is there anywhere that stands out as a good location to descend on poor innocent boaters?

Thanks just ordered one looks to be a good choice.

Back on the Bounty 28. There are so many out of date ads floating about is unbelievable. This boat for example startes repaint in 2013 nearly 10 years ago and mooring and licence till 2016

My wife took a look at one of these this week and was not overly impressed by how they look. I am not fussed really and think they look okay. Again I have no idea about what is a good price or not. There was mention earlier in this thread of the same craft but a 35ft. Tried to contact the owner but no response.

Yes is a quandary as they sound similar but are far from it.

Good that you have had experience of the boats with outboards. I would really hate to go outboard thinking the petrol obtaining effort was minimal and then find it a real drag. I think they will be stuck with the 29i for a while. Do I assume they have had it all this time. Mind you is now showing as sold, so what do I know.

Happy end result.

They may not be a bad idea if it does nothing else but eliminate some designs. Only problem I see with this is that the hire boat market does not necessarily provide what I am looking at/for.

Not intending long trips but 3 or 4 days out and about would be definitely be the norm. I agree with what you say regarding the 'flimsy' construction. Having caravanned for years boats like the Shetland and Viking are like I say a caravan without wheels. Most of the cabinetry, does such a word exist?, is just melamine veneered chipboard whereas older boats at least had some solid wood in there.

Oh I have been around lots of brokers big and small. Am on all their contact lists. My big problem is knowing if the price is reasonable as often nothing similar to compare with. Maybe we need a 'We buy any boat'