Brilliant wee video. Well done. 👏

Great Video Phil, been through pretty much the exact scenario you describe. Watching the Grandkids pulling in a string of mackerel makes it all worthwhile!! Happy days!

Good advice there Phil. Been there and done that many moons ago. Don't have my longliner 16 anymore, but remember well that buying a second hand boat will always be a development project, and the outgoings on maintenance and mooring/launching will continue even after you get it as you want it. Boats ain't cheap, and if they are they can be money pits.

The only thing is about this new video Phil is you can't here it, i use a sound bar and bass box on my computer at volume 10, to here you on your new video i had to turn it up to at least 24, a lot to think about in buying a boat, Thank you

A super video old chap, I have a rule when buying a boat, buy one without an engine so you can put a new one in, or buy a boat with a new engine, this is mainly for boats with outboards. Your scenario is something I've seen so many times. 😀👍👍👍

Great advice mate👌

Great vid volumes ok quite good😁

Great Video, thank you for posting, I have done exactly what you talked about, pick my Coastliner 14 in a few days time.

Very concise and honest account the pros and cons of boat ownership. As a committed land-lubber, my unfulfilled dreams stop short of kayak ownership 😂 Houses, cars, boats, all money pits! You really need to be prepared for the toil and outlay. My maintenance costs stretch to bicycle tyre repair kits for my waders 😂 Have a great year! 👍

My neighbour gave me an 18 ft boat after I retired and I spent 18 months renewing the stringers,the floor and the transom.I fitted the trailer with new wheels and axel ! ALL part of the fun! P.S. Grandma and grampa on fathers side came to Canada from Scotland 1n 1905 ish.CHEERS from HERE!

No such thing as a cheap boat, i've had my boat for 21 years but the money i've spent is repayed in enjoyment, I love my boat. It is nothing like a car, it drinks 2 and 1/2 MPG but we only go out to sea 4 or 5 miles and fish (stationary) once a fortnight so a different king of affordable. Great video's.

Good advise, I don't have a boat and probably wont ever get round to having one. But you never know, sometimes boats come up for sale round your/our area. Love that very interesting collection of books you have., will you ever do reviews on them ? Great explanation on boat ownership, well thought out and great food for thought.

Very interesting couple of videos on the subject and I am glad you are living your dream! Like many, I had a similar dream, with about a similar budget to yours...Mine went dreadfully wrong though as I took my other half with me to go have a browse around a couple of boatyards, and somehow we end up buying a caravan! 🙄

The volume was low on my TV through amazon fire stick (old TV). Couldn't agree more on the costings, take your budget and add 30% percent or the same your way around. Keep the videos coming.

@jamesatkinsfishing has mentioned the audio volume is low - can folks hear this video okay?

In some ways your right and other ways your not. Im a late in life purchaser's of a boat, my first was on eBay it was up at a the Calder reservoir just north oof Hadrians Wall. I live between York and Lancashire . Used to travel up to it from York. Five hours each way for a day up there was only just doable. I bought it blind unseen in person i new the boat would float due to the fact there was around 400 gallons of water in the boat and it wasn't leaking out. The first trip was draining water out and then removing everything from the boat and covering it with two tarpaulins that came with it , in such away it could dry out. After a few trips we as a couple enjoyed the time together, and Calder is a lovely area, we joined the sailing club and had the use of all the facilities on offer. The boat cost around £300. I think money well spent to find out what and which direction we need to be going in. A gave the boat away to the club and the money they made on selling the boat would go to things for the club. I then Purchased A Parker 21on its own trailer a few miner knocks , the boat yard at Selby had been paid up for the year, so we kept it there untill we found some were to moor it. Were lucky we have a permanent mooring in Whitby. I did buy it to sailbut to be honest i think i had left it to late in life to go sailing again, but saying that we now have our Two bed acomidation in the center of Whitby that cost us les than to hire a caravan or a flat for a week 365 days a year. I feel buying the bargain is a positive way forward because it shows you what you do and don't want out of a boat with out spending to much to find out, I have a mooring in York were i keep my trailer for the Parker, it cost me £600 a year and now im looking for a small boat i can row i think the Orkney 14 is probably going to be perfect for me. Trial an error helps you to learn a lot about what you dream and reality are or what your capable of doing. Nic

Cool vid i had a 13ft challanger 4 man fishing boat had it for 10 years boat was about 25/30 years old vids on my channle boat hull cracked n was unrepairabell due to storm damage at sea so had to scrap it i spent £2000 on the boat i had boat gear n 5hp outdoards so saved my self about £3000 on boat gear had good time boating on river clyde n fishing small boat do cost a fair bit to run every year about £1500 i spent a year but it was great just to get out on the water for a day or weeked fishing trip boat safe all ok 😃🚣👍

Nice video Phil are you a mechanic in some way,how did you know that the coil was cracked or could you see it I would have no idea where to look.

Where can I get one in the States?