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buying first boat

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  • 02-09-2009 12:49pm
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    lenny78
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi everyone, I'm looking into buying a boat for the first time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I would be using it for fishing mainly. looking to spend about 6k. Don't have a clue about mooring costs, or launching it, what type of boat would suit etc. I would be using it around the dalkey dunlaoire area.
    Thanks.


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    dbrock
    Registered Users Posts: 333 ✭✭dbrock


    are you going to moore the boat or launch every time you go?
    the reason i ask is some boats are easier to launch,


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    lenny78
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭lenny78


    I was guessing mooring costs would be fairly high, so maybe launching every time.


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    Gunth
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭Gunth


    Have you considered that the last few summers have been quite poor for boats? I have often considered one myself but on the advice of people who own them they have been very disappointed due to fact that the weather has been pretty much rubbish. One positive though is that the East coast might be much calmer than the South coast where the people I know have them. If you work Monday to Friday this only leaves the weekend for getting out. Sorry for sounding like a damp squid!(terrible I know :rolleyes:)


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