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@Jacqui
**Size isn't everything, is it?
**The plan was to buy Miracle, try my hand at the lifestyle and then trade up.
Well, its been 6 months and I have learned many, many things.
I know how to drive my boat and moor it (still with some struggling and panic)
I know how to light my burner and chop wood.
I know that life on the river Lea is brilliant and I want to keep this lifestyle.
More than any of that I know I want a bigger boat.
Much to my surprise, I'm on the third smallest liveaboard on the river. There is Barny at 18ft with 12ft of living space which until recently was home to man and dog (sadly just man now) and Maid Marion at 20ft but with he cruiser deck at 9ft and a large bow has even less living space than Barny.
I don't know how they do it. BUT THEY DO.
With Miracle I am more or less content. Yes, I want a bigger boat, but that's more for entertaining than anything ...and the storage.
With the market and economy the way it is a small boat has more going for it. You pay less insurance, less licence, less mooring fees. It's very practical. I'm saving thousands a year. That's a comfort.
Without the capital to trade up I need to hold on to that comfort and keep saving. If the economy gets worse before it gets better again (which it may do) I'm in a good position.
just a thought..