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Post by dogless on Jan 22, 2023 11:11:50 GMT
Very frosty morning with early sunshine lighting the ice like diamonds.
Through circumstances beyond our control , this year we're at home rather than afloat ... however this will be our eighteenth year of living onboard for around nine months a year (will be reduced in 2023).
We still love the boat and miss it.
We fully appreciate how physically tough it can be at this time of year , sourcing water, coal, gas and diesel and mentally dealing with limited daylight ... but we still love it.
As we both move into our late sixties (albeit both still fairly fit and active for the present) we have discussed what will be the right time to sell.
Do we wait until our decision is made for us by poor health or infirmity, or just carry on and be carried off when the time comes ?
Have you considered your future in this regard, and with what conclusions ?
Rog
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Post by GUMPY on Jan 22, 2023 12:00:37 GMT
Probably about the time of the next blacking in 2025/6 not absolutely sure yet. I may hang on until I'm 75 in 2027 all depends on outside influences not in my control.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2023 12:09:18 GMT
Very frosty morning with early sunshine lighting the ice like diamonds. Through circumstances beyond our control , this year we're at home rather than afloat ... however this will be our eighteenth year of living onboard for around nine months a year (will be reduced in 2023). We still love the boat and miss it. We fully appreciate how physically tough it can be at this time of year , sourcing water, coal, gas and diesel and mentally dealing with limited daylight ... but we still love it. As we both move into our late sixties (albeit both still fairly fit and active for the present) we have discussed what will be the right time to sell. Do we wait until our decision is made for us by poor health or infirmity, or just carry on and be carried off when the time comes ? Have you considered your future in this regard, and with what conclusions ? Rog We had planned to join a drive out in the peaks today in the toy car. However, when I poked my head out the side hatch at 7AM today, I quickly made the decision that we wouldn’t be. Absolutely freezing. I’m aware that not many years ago I’d have been up the peaks like a shot, nowadays my brain/body prefers the duvet. We intend to carry on regardless as long as our bodies work well enough. Not been a great January for some of our friends and it makes me more aware that the years are ticking by. Kinda wished we had jumped in car and gone for a blast, but we’ve cranked planet rock up on the boat and decided to drink and dance the day away instead. Soon be Spring Roger 👍
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Post by pattyann57 on Jan 22, 2023 12:26:04 GMT
Very frosty morning with early sunshine lighting the ice like diamonds. Through circumstances beyond our control , this year we're at home rather than afloat ... however this will be our eighteenth year of living onboard for around nine months a year (will be reduced in 2023). We still love the boat and miss it. We fully appreciate how physically tough it can be at this time of year , sourcing water, coal, gas and diesel and mentally dealing with limited daylight ... but we still love it. As we both move into our late sixties (albeit both still fairly fit and active for the present) we have discussed what will be the right time to sell. Do we wait until our decision is made for us by poor health or infirmity, or just carry on and be carried off when the time comes ? Have you considered your future in this regard, and with what conclusions ? Rog Difficult one.. U can leave these decisions too late but then again taking to terra firma before u r mentally ready could be a giant leap towards that 6ft hole.... I guess if u slowly process pros n cons and when it becomes more of a struggle, then hang up that windlass but find something else to enjoy .
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Post by telemachus on Jan 22, 2023 12:32:37 GMT
Well at 66 I am not planning to give up any time soon. Circumstances may overtake that, but I’m certainly not planning to give up until I have to. It would be a bit like giving up on life - what would you do, just sit around at home waiting to die? Not for me. Ditto with regard to gliding.
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Post by GUMPY on Jan 22, 2023 12:33:47 GMT
Very frosty morning with early sunshine lighting the ice like diamonds. Through circumstances beyond our control , this year we're at home rather than afloat ... however this will be our eighteenth year of living onboard for around nine months a year (will be reduced in 2023). We still love the boat and miss it. We fully appreciate how physically tough it can be at this time of year , sourcing water, coal, gas and diesel and mentally dealing with limited daylight ... but we still love it. As we both move into our late sixties (albeit both still fairly fit and active for the present) we have discussed what will be the right time to sell. Do we wait until our decision is made for us by poor health or infirmity, or just carry on and be carried off when the time comes ? Have you considered your future in this regard, and with what conclusions ? Rog We had planned to join a drive out in the peaks today in the toy car. However, when I poked my head out the side hatch at 7AM today, I quickly made the decision that we wouldn’t be. Absolutely freezing. I’m aware that not many years ago I’d have been up the peaks like a shot, nowadays my brain/body prefers the duvet. We intend to carry on regardless as long as our bodies work well enough. Not been a great January for some of our friends and it makes me more aware that the years are ticking by. Kinda wished we had jumped in car and gone for a blast, but we’ve cranked planet rock up on the boat and decided to drink and dance the day away instead. Soon be Spring Roger 👍 My toy car is still in the warmth of the garage and will remain there until at least March, can't be taking it out if there is any chance of rain😎🤔
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Post by quaysider on Jan 23, 2023 8:39:57 GMT
Every year after the first set of punters that I find... "trying" I think - that's it... I've had enough... however, 6 gins later sitting on the back of the boat talking crap to towpath walkers and I decide I'm here until I'm not fit enough to do it ... - the caveat being that I DO intend to reduce the number of weeks with punters and spend more quality time exploring rather than 'working'... I shall just have to eat more dust or become a gigolo to finance things
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Post by JohnV on Jan 23, 2023 9:28:09 GMT
Every year after the first set of punters that I find... "trying" I think - that's it... I've had enough... however, 6 gins later sitting on the back of the boat talking crap to towpath walkers and I decide I'm here until I'm not fit enough to do it ... - the caveat being that I DO intend to reduce the number of weeks with punters and spend more quality time exploring rather than 'working'... I shall just have to eat more dust or become a gigolo to finance things
Quaysider work is the enemy of the drinking classes
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Post by GUMPY on Jan 23, 2023 10:05:16 GMT
I need a mirror to see my navel😱🤭
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Post by chewy on Jan 23, 2023 10:08:15 GMT
I need a mirror to see my navel😱🤭 Nahhh, that’s why you have a selfie lens on your phone, real time video of your navel is now within your grasp
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Post by gazza on Jan 26, 2023 20:06:06 GMT
Dad got his last decent cruise in 8 days before he shuffled off this mortal coil….
Lucky git!
That said his later years onboard were hard, he couldn’t really cruise alone (particularly when he was on the Nene, which on reflection was probably a mistake to relocate him there so I didn’t have to drive so far to work on his boat 🤦♂️)- where once the thought of having to have help would have drove him insane he had to accept the fact if he was going to stay afloat he’d need his sons to help him achieve that goal.
I’m Guessing you and Jane will know fine well when to hang your windless up - my advice is don’t plan for it…..
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Post by dogless on Jan 26, 2023 21:54:40 GMT
Heard something this week which resonated with me ... the meaning of life is simply 'enjoying the passage of time'.
We get one life and should endeavour to make the most of it ... nothing more, nothing less.
Rog
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Post by peterboat on Jan 27, 2023 10:12:24 GMT
I dont know myself, if someone made me a good offer on the boat I think I would sell, I am seeing a gradual breakdown of the maintenance on the canals. Each year they are in worse condition than the previous one and the costs are going up at the same time. Dave our moorings guy is getting older and our cheap moorings could easily go, do I want to pay triple the price for not much more? Also the new flood defenses seem to have made the problem worse not better and can I be bothered rescuing boats that are badly tied up? We have flood pole for tying to and nobody uses them or tie them that tight the ropes wont go up and down the poles!!!! That said we had a great year last year cruising so who knows maybe things will improve for me?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2023 11:52:16 GMT
I dont know myself, if someone made me a good offer on the boat I think I would sell, I am seeing a gradual breakdown of the maintenance on the canals. Each year they are in worse condition than the previous one and the costs are going up at the same time. Dave our moorings guy is getting older and our cheap moorings could easily go, do I want to pay triple the price for not much more? Also the new flood defenses seem to have made the problem worse not better and can I be bothered rescuing boats that are badly tied up? We have flood pole for tying to and nobody uses them or tie them that tight the ropes wont go up and down the poles!!!! That said we had a great year last year cruising so who knows maybe things will improve for me? Do you have other things you would rather do than boat? If you do then I can see the sense in selling. Otherwise, unless it’s a money thing, why sell?
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Post by peterboat on Jan 27, 2023 14:44:54 GMT
I dont know myself, if someone made me a good offer on the boat I think I would sell, I am seeing a gradual breakdown of the maintenance on the canals. Each year they are in worse condition than the previous one and the costs are going up at the same time. Dave our moorings guy is getting older and our cheap moorings could easily go, do I want to pay triple the price for not much more? Also the new flood defenses seem to have made the problem worse not better and can I be bothered rescuing boats that are badly tied up? We have flood pole for tying to and nobody uses them or tie them that tight the ropes wont go up and down the poles!!!! That said we had a great year last year cruising so who knows maybe things will improve for me? Do you have other things you would rather do than boat? If you do then I can see the sense in selling. Otherwise, unless it’s a money thing, why sell? we are doing the big camper, which if we enjoy as much as the small camper, we will have a great time seeing new places. Also we both fancy moving to Italy,s as strange as it seems, and watching Amanda Holden and Alan Carr in Sicily buying 1 euro house hasnt helped at all! We have already been looking at them and this program has made it worse. We both like Italy and its a favorite holiday destination for us so we might give that a whirl? Though in truth my best plan would be to have the boat moved to the seas around Italy coastal hopping a few miles daily
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