What better than a life afloat we thought! Buy a boat and live on the water all the time!… Bliss.

We thought second hand wouldn’t do. Firstly we couldn’t find what we wanted but we also couldn’t count on the history of the boat. How well, or not, had it been maintained?

We’re a pair of Civil Servants, the money’s bad, the perks are good – it balances it out. We’re in our early and mid thirties. In the present monetary climate we could have bought a tiny flat on a faceless estate, or gone with our dreams. So we decided for the adventure!

We visited a lot of the boat makers and eventually decided on Simpsons Boats Ltd at Brimscombe, Stroud. We went for them because they had won loads of Best in Shows, great ideas, great price (too good in the end!).  Oh yeah, and a great salesman!

The dream was very much alive...up to signing the contract with Simpsons, then it pretty much went down hill from there!