Theres some odd people about but you never Know Stu we are after all talking about an 8 year old Cruiser , how bad can it be ?
I bought my boat from an extremely odd fella , to get him on the phone i ended up calling the local fisheries management office , who put me on to the local fishyards , who happened to know a guy that lived across the street from the seller and was happy to act as a go between ? Regardless of this the seller true to his word had the boat transport by road all the way from North Shields to Whitehaven (Caledonia Canal was closed and no money had changed hands at this point) . Would you believe he forgot to bring his phone on the journey ! Now we are talking about a lot of money here , suffice to say i could have bought a house in the Isle of Man instead and they aint cheap .
What i ended up with is a year old boat in mint condition for a bargain price but i was lucky because i knew the company that actually built the boat who reported the seller to be equally odd whilst spending his own money on the build , but they said he never missed a payment nor quibbled about costs .
You just never know , and you might be interested to know you have greater legal protection if you buy it without seeing it than you do if you bought it from your local garage after test driving it .
Just remembered thinking to myself at the time "this guy is hiding from somebody in particular" ?
One more tip i discussed the sale with a lawyer first who kindly scripted a letter to be signed by the seller stating all debts relating to the boat prior to sale would be remain the responsibility of the seller , or something similar .
