CANAL BOAT SHARE (2 or 3 wks pa) GRP 26FT RIVER CRUISER NARROWBOAT Percy Veere

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Seller: jresporty ✉️ (132) 100%, Location: Nantwich, GB, Ships to: GB, Item: 166655789405 CANAL BOAT SHARE (2 or 3 wks pa) GRP 26FT RIVER CRUISER NARROWBOAT Percy Veere.

NB  We hope to show prospective share owners the boat and give them a trip on the canal asap as our season has just started.

BOAT SHARE -   26FT  MICROPLUS  GRP RIVER CANAL CRUISER NARROW BOAT with 6ft headroom -   PERCY VEERE SYNDICATE (Private group)

Your £1 buys access to our comprehensive syndicate agreement and items such as a survey report and maintenance programme.

Please join us soon .  If you use less than £9 fuel (approx 6 hours outboard use) in a week then you'll average less than £100 per week for your 3 weeks of holidays.  That's cheap!

You are invited to apply for a  standard share in Percy Veere of three weeks (Low, Mid, & High seasons) at £690 capital  plus a £50 joining fee.

N.B.  If you want two weeks (Low and Mid seasons) this is possible and would only be £410 capital outlay.  N.B. All the capital returns to you!

One of our members no longer has enough time to use Percy so their share is available now.  If you purchase your weeks soon then you  can book your weeks as you join.  You will hopefully be able to choose the weeks you prefer.  School holidays are offered to families with school age children first, but many of these will still be free for others.

It will be on a first come first served basis, with the payment of the £50 membership fee determining the order of potential purchasers.  Q uite often, members are unable to use their weeks or some days during the week so you may be able to use the boat more than 3 weeks each year.

There are currently 10 member/owners of the boat.

Each standard share gives the owner 3 weeks use per year in 3 seasons (11 weeks each); Low, Mid and High (March to October), and it can be sold at any time of the shareholder's choosing in the future.  The individual weeks are not fixed and members make requests before the season starts, usually on an internet spreadsheet calendar.  You may hold up to 12 weeks max in your share.   Maintenance, insurance, licence fee and a winter mooring charge are covered by a day usage charge for members.  Since the 2024 AGM this has been £10 Low, £13 Mid and £16 High season.  We each pay this as a lump sum around December/January for the following season.  The current annual insurance is paid until May 2024 and the licence until October, plus River Canal Rescue annual membership.  The winter mooring is paid for from November until the end of February each year.  The capital cost of £690, plus the one-off membership £50, plus three weeks at 70+91+112 total to £1013 for this first year (410+50+70+91 = £621 if only Low and Mid weeks); no other costs should be incurred except of course for fuel used during your weeks on the boat.   Incredibly cheap boating considering that the £690 ( or £410 ) returns to you on selling your share.  You may sell the share at any time yourself or ask the group to do it for you as in this case.

A copy of the Percy Veere Syndicate agreement  (2024 as amended at our AGM) will be sent by email (or post if preferred) as soon as you have registered your serious interest with the £1 fee.  It cannot be sent by eBay message service, so I'll need an email address please unless you request that it be sent by post; please send this as soon as you have paid.  Any payment made via eBay will be deemed to be for this agreement and the system will then allow you to send me your email address .  We only normally process one request at a time so when you pay £1 the ad will probably disappear from eBay.  If relisted it means more than one share is available.  No other commitment is necessary until you wish to visit the boat with a view to becoming a member.  At that stage we ask for the membership fee of £50.  If you subsequently withdraw after your visit and do not wish to take up the share then your fee will be returned to you less any expenses specific to showing you the boat.  We hope to show Percy to any prospective member asap.  The boat is currently near Nantwich on the Shropshire Union canal and this, the Llangollen and the Trent and Mersey have been last year's cruising area.  If you are certain you want to join after reading the syndicate agreement, and cannot make it to the boat, you are of course welcome to buy a share without visiting Percy at this stage.  If you ask to visit then we put you in touch with the next people to visit the boat in the hope that you can make that date.  If not then we can arrange a visit specifically for you. 

Percy Veere has had several thousands spent on him in the last few years, including a new Honda BF10 in 2018 which runs sweetly at about 1 litre per hour's boating (3-4 mph).  The £4,400 spent professionally in 2022 was as a result of a marine survey and the surveyor's recommendations.  You will be entitled to view his report and its conclusions which includes his endorsement of the work done.  The boat is insured with GJW Ltd whose only requirement for covering syndicate members is 50 hours boating experience or the completion of a boat handling course.  If you have no experience and are not prepared to take a course PLEASE DO NOT offer for a share.  The boat had been lifted out and dry stored for the 21/2 winter in Oundle, prior to the major work and anti-fouling,  A new 4-year BSS certificate was obtained in April 2021.

NB Many of the photos were taken in 2022 on the GU Leicester Arm, such as at Foxton Locks, the last being April 2023 near Whitchurch.

Percy Veere's inventory details:-

Mooring and lock control ropes (warps); canopy with zipped sides and back; fold-down hardwood windscreen

Anchor and chain for use on tidal rivers in emergency, boat hook, and small oars just in case

Brand new Multiflex light steering system fitted April 2023

BF10 Honda 4-stroke electric start outboard (key start)

15 ltr main petrol container attached to motor + 10 ltr and 2 x 5 ltr plastic spare full cans

Captain's chair (movable), morse control, and control panel for headlight, 3 x navigation lights and horn

1 x 110 AmpHr + 2 x 125AHr batteries (one starter, two new (2024) domestic)

2 solar panels 140w + 80w, the 140w permanently fitted to the roof

WC (with door) with cassette loo (+spare cassette) and wash basin + cleaning equipment and materials

Cabin kitchen work surface, sink, and two-burner hob, plus ample cupboards

Gas and water systems (70 litre tank), two gas bottles, two 10 litre drinking water containers

Water pump to WC and kitchen sink taps + water pipe and fittings for tank filling

Table with seating for two + picnic chairs for extra people (table area makes into 3rd 6ft bed)

2 V-berths in the bow (singles or one double) + 3rd at the table stated above + cushions

Cupboards for food, clothing etc + under seating storage

Electric hook-up cable for marina or bankside use + plug & tail for generator connection

Small fan heater, electric toaster, electric kettle and vacuum cleaner for use with shore connection (or generator)

Electric control board for switching between batteries, operating the radio, and separate fuse panel

Good lighting throughout by 8 x spots (+1 fluorescent tube) (run from domestic batteries)

Brand new 12v Fridge (April 2023) - runs from domestic batteries and solar panel ( approx. 1.4W average usage )

Cutlery and crockery for 5 people, glasses + saucepans, frying pans, utensils, etc

2 x fire extinguishers + fire blanket + CO alarm

**********PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME IF YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF JOINING THE SYNDICATE************

This is a maintained boat and the outboard was serviced twice last year and overhauled too.  We keep a log which each member is asked to fill in during use so that engine hours can be monitored.  We aim for a service between 100 and 150 hours of use.

There is a healthy syndicate fund; licence fee, insurance and RCR cover have all been paid.  We are a financially strong syndicate.

Percy has been on the Southern Oxford, Kennet and Avon, Thames and Southern Grand Union, the Coventry, Ashby, and Northampton Arm and Leicester Line of the GU canals, the river Nene and the Trent and Mersey and Shropshire Union canals in recent years.  Stratford, Rivers Avon and Severn, Worcester and Birmingham, Droitwich, etc might be likely in 2024 after the early spring on the Trent and Mersey.  Our season runs from mid March to the end of October (33 weeks), but the boat can be used in November too before the upholstery is stored for the winter, or indeed at any time during the winter mooring period if you wish.

This membership was created at the end of 2017 to provide several people with affordable holiday weeks afloat.  Percy is a sound, boat, but at 30 years old he is cheap so should cost very little per week to use, plus fuel of course.  The capital should be a sound investment with little or no depreciation as the usage charges will keep the boat shipshape over the years to come.  Fixed assets are currently valued at £7590, being 11 x 3 week shares at £690 each. (£5990 surveyor's value + £1600 syndicate goodwill). There is over £1000 in the bank before this year's usage fees.

WE WANT TO SHOW PERCY TO PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS SOON, SO PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  IF YOU ARE ABLE TO VIEW WHEN ONE OF US IS ON THE BOAT ANYWAY THEN NO EXTRA COST NEED BE INVOLVED.  IF NOT AND WE NEED TO MAKE A SPECIAL JOURNEY THEN WE WILL NEED TO CHARGE YOU FOR OUR EXPENSES OUT OF YOUR £50.  WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLETING OUR COMPLEMENT OF MEMBERS SOON.   COME AND JOIN US!  I WILL SEND YOU THE SYNDICATE AGREEMENT AS SOON AS YOU PAY THE £1 AND SEND YOUR EMAIL OR POSTAL ADDRESS. By all means send your phone number too if you want to chat about the boat or when you might be able to view it.   Thank you for your interest.

 Remember....  *******PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR AND YOUR TIME IF YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF USING PERCY VEERE*******

  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: GOOD CONDITION for 30-odd years old - Refurbished 2017/18 - new engine, canopy, pump, loo, batteries, solar panels and controller. 2022: £4400 spent on transom, rubbing strakes, pulpit removal, corner fenders, gas locker, painting, antifouling etc. New curtains and upholstery. 2023 Brand new steering system and 12v fridge - a well maintained boat.
  • Brand: Microplus
  • Sub-Type: Cabin cruiser
  • Type: GRP Cruiser - Share
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

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