Update - pick of the week - Briar Rose

Well, it seems we aren't the only ones really keen on Briar Rose.  She only appeared on ABNB's update box last Thursday and this Thursday someone has already paid a deposit!  I wonder if the new owner will ever read this blog entry.  If so, happy cruising on Briar Rose.  We'd have snapped her up too if we'd been over there!

Pick of the week - Briar Rose

Now here's one we really like.  Some weeks we just find something that if we were looking we'd be happy with it.  But this one... I want to buy this boat!!  It's a Braidbar boat listed with ABNB : Briar Rose

Positives : ticks every box so very little additional expenditure, lovely timberwork, great flooring, cupboards in bathroom, great little fridge with a freezer, good washing machine, proper tiled shower with glass screen, love the Braidbar kitchen dresser.
Negatives : not much! but... if I have to think of something... the bed would need to be turned to a cross bed or extended sideways, the access through the trad hatch looks a little tight but we'd live with that.

Length: 58ft 8in  

Builder: Tim Tyler  

Fitter-out: Braidbar Boat Services  

Year registered: 2004  

Style: Trad 

Safety Certificate: BSS to May 2015

Engine: Beta B43 diesel  

Plating: 10/6/5/4 

Last blacked: 2010

Fit-out materials: Cabin sides ash t&g, ash deckhead panels; hull sides in oak faced ply; pitch pine floors with caulked joints  

Insulation: Spray foam

Headroom: 6ft 6in  

Berths: 2+2  

Berth sizes: 6ft 3in x 4ft 0in perm double; 6ft 3in x 4ft 0in Pullman dinette

Power: Landline; Victron Multiplus 1600kW inverter/charger; Travelpower 3.5kW 230V alternator generator

Cabin heating: Eberspacher diesel c/heating + s/f stove  

Water Heating: C/heating + engine + 230V immersion > calorifier  

Water tank: 160galls stainless steel

Cooker: Vanette built-in hob & oven - gas; 900W microwave  

Fridge: 12V 4cu ft - Fridge/freezer (new 2009)  

Washer/dryer: LG full size washer  

WC: Vetus wc to remote tank

Shower: in tiled cubicle with doors

Other: Cratch & cover. Owner is professional boat maintenance engineer.

Price: £60,000