Oddfellow Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) I will be placing my day boats for sale with NYA in the very near future: Rapier with a Yanmar 1gm10 diesel engine. Moulded seats for 4 and a bench seat at the rear. Canopy would benefit from being replaced. - £4,500 Very tidy paintwork. Commodore 17 - Built 2007 - Beta Diesel - Open interior with rear bench seat and three folding seats - two can be moved the third is fixed and covers the weed filter. Warm-air heating - Original Gel. Very tidy. £9950 Siesta 21 - Bare shell rebuild in 2017. Three cylinder vetus diesel, galley with hob, sink and hot & cold water and toilet cubicle with holding tank loo. Can sleep three people overnight. Complete with curtains. 2020 hull repaint and rebuilt gearbox. £15,000 Venture 19SL - Freedom Pod. Open Boat with full camping cover capable of sleeping three. Cold running water, spirit stove and Tohatsu outboard engine with very few hours as was new in July 2019. - £12995 If anybody is seriously interested, please contact me direct before they go to NYA which will begin sometime in the week commencing 15th June 2020. Edited June 13, 2020 by ModeratorTeam price amended , to correct one andy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 The Rapier has been sold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Oh dear Andy, this looks ominous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Very sad if things are coming to this, what a shambles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Let me be clear, this is a choice. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Let us be clear, That is a relief ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew12 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 What's gonna happen next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Matthew12 said: What's gonna happen next Next, I will sell the cruisers if anybody is interested in one. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Andy, I'm truly saddened to hear that, especially how in recent years you seem to have turned around Freedom. I always attempt to read your posts and you have been ever-helpful to so many of us with your kindness an excellent tips on "how-to-do-its". Our very best wishes on whichever path you choose to tread next . 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Me too very sad to hear this. I fear there may be others that will also go out of business. I wish you all the very best Andy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 deleted. thought better of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 29 minutes ago, FreedomBoatingHols said: deleted. thought better of it. Oh I know the feeling. Our thoughts are with you and yours at this time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 1 hour ago, FreedomBoatingHols said: deleted. thought better of it. I've started trying very hard to think better of it these last few days! All the best Andy 🍺🍺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Hockham Admiral said: Andy, I'm truly saddened to hear that, especially how in recent years you seem to have turned around Freedom. I always attempt to read your posts and you have been ever-helpful to so many of us with your kindness an excellent tips on "how-to-do-its". Our very best wishes on whichever path you choose to tread next . Worth repeating, I feel for Andy in just the same way. I'm afraid that he won't be the only businessman to make the same, painful decision. Next winter is not far away now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew12 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Oh no I feel really sad for him the boats were kept really well all the best Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 14/06/2020 at 10:13, FreedomBoatingHols said: Let me be clear, this is a choice. On 14/06/2020 at 10:18, MauriceMynah said: Let us be clear, That is a relief ! It would appear I have entirely misread the situation here. I took Andy's post to mean that he had made a decision, and that it was unrelated to this virus horror. It seems that this might not be the case, making my post pointlessly and vindictively callous. Sorry about that, Not my intention. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trambo Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Genuinely gutted for you. Hope you can salvage something from the situation. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 hours ago, JennyMorgan said: I'm afraid that he won't be the only businessman to make the same, painful decision. Next winter is not far away now. Wise words from JM. Mid winter will be the telling time, for boatyards as well as any seasonal tourist business. I feel especially for Andy as I had to make this same decision about a Broads business back in the early 80s. It is a nasty place to be, when circumstances are beyond your control. Life does go on though and there are always other "avenues". I can assure him of that! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 4 hours ago, MauriceMynah said: It would appear I have entirely misread the situation here. I took Andy's post to mean that he had made a decision, and that it was unrelated to this virus horror. It seems that this might not be the case, making my post pointlessly and vindictively callous. Sorry about that, Not my intention. No worries, Maurice! In a sense, my decision is unrelated to the virus horror but it is certainly one catalyst along with others. The facts are quite simple, I do not enjoy it any more. Freedom is a business that has zapped my personal time for more than 11 years and has caused me to be a miserable bugger at times. It has lost me the childhood of my children and kept me at the beck and call of others and for very little reward. Peter will know what I mean when I say that certain characters that I have to be involved with also drag me down. This is the perfect opportunity to say that enough is enough. It's very hard to make life-changing decisions because of the unknowns on the other side but already, I feel that there is a weight being lifted. Bishy Barney Boats is entirely unaffected by this. Before I came to boats, I was a successful internet developer (with clients including Daimler Chrysler and the Meat & Livestock Commission) and before that I was a technology journalist. I am a creative; I will find a new path and am currently exploring the world of film-making as some of you have seen already. I have more footage to edit and will try to get it strung together in a cohesive set of short films over the coming weeks. 14 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSurveyor Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Good luck Andy, sometimes we are forced into changes we should have already made. Onwards and upwards. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 I should also say that we are not closed yet. Well, we're not open either, but that's not our fault. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Thank you, Andy, for your candid honesty in sharing this with us. I'm afraid that the light at the end of the tunnel was always going to be a variable, rather like chasing the end of a rainbow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 May I be amongst the first to wish you much success in whatever you do decide to do in the future and hope we don’t lose you and the valued insight that you have brought over the years to the NBN 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Whatever you end up doing good luck to you and SWMBO Andy. Sometimes it takes something drastic going on to make the decision you maybe should have made a while ago, it's often too easy to just carry on doing what you are doing than make the leap. I hope you are going to keep one of the boats and make it to the ferryhouse yourself more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersjoy Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 22 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said: May I be amongst the first to wish you much success in whatever you do decide to do in the future and hope we don’t lose you and the valued insight that you have brought over the years to the NBN I'll second that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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