Thank you for your reply. I was hoping for friendly advice but I find your question somewhat patronising. If a full explanation of my reasoning for considering two boats is a condition of your advice I guess I’ll just have to look elsewhere  

apart from that…….   I have enjoyed reading through your information

regards

I have read through your posts and you always seem like a nice bloke which is why i was suprised to see your response to what i thought was a simple question was conditional on my telling why i was “saddling myself with two boats”  This suggested that you thought the option ill conceived and dissapproved of this idea.

I didn’t ask “what you thought of two boats” so did not think you needed to know the back ground.

I like green, my wife likes blue

she smokes, i don’t

I want a dog she doesn’t

I get up early she lies in

I’m pretty noisy, she likes quiet

etc …etc … etc…

All pretty manageable in a surburban semi with a large garden but could easily cause problems on a small boat

So why negotiate unsatisfactory comprimise when its possible to each have our own space and still travel together

‘living the dream’

So, If you are prepared to give it your consideration……. breasted up or in line?……   how do you stop the towed boat?

Thanks for your suggestions James …..    by coincidence  I saw a pair of Hotel Narrowboats today at Hatton Locks they were tied together side by side although this may have been just to negotiate the locks

A holiday on one of those could well be the way to get some practical experience

regards

Roger

Thanks for your contribution Paul and for your mention in the news letter – mooring charges are a good point. This could mount up over the year.

Roger