Housing expensive - Where can i moor my boat

britexpat
By britexpat

Doha rents are too high.. is there anywhere I can moor my houseboat ?

Dark and menacing, it prowls the water, torpedo tubes at the ready

The 70ft replica U-boat floats through the narrow waterways of the Leeds-Liverpool canal

It is the creation of 'Admiral' Cyril Howarth, 78, who was inspired by the film to build an exact replica of the craft which sank 3,000 Allied ships during the Second World War.

And Cyril will never have to utter the famous quote from the 1981 film as his craft U-8047 cuts through the water at a leisurely three miles an hour.

Cyril spent £25,000 on the shell of a traditional narrow boat and engine before spending a further £25,000 instructing a Liverpool-based yard to build him an identical U-boat super structure.
Retired trawlerman Cyril said: 'The submarine has a conning tower and torpedo tubes...there is just some electrics to sort out below decks.'

'You should have seen the faces of the locals when they woke up and found a battleship grey German navy U-boat in their midst.'

'It is the culmination of a 12 month dream for me. I have always studied naval history, in particular the role of the submarine.'

Daily Mail

By GodFather.• 7 Oct 2010 14:16
GodFather.

BritExpat.. That boat reminds me of the invasion of the Germans?

By britexpat• 7 Oct 2010 14:14
britexpat

You plonker..

We've moved on to steam now..

See link ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318252/German-U-boat-invasion-Replica-WWII-killer-seas-cruises-alongside-barges-British-CANAL.html

By GodFather.• 7 Oct 2010 13:59
GodFather.

Brit I do not see any horse on the path?

By Formatted Soul• 7 Oct 2010 13:59
Formatted Soul

Brit..u-boat means submarine?

but it looks cool..but no wnidows..

Uk.. Doha corniche is free.:)

your boat will still be there when you go back??

By baldrick2dogs• 7 Oct 2010 13:58
baldrick2dogs

Cracker!

By mjamille28• 7 Oct 2010 13:57
mjamille28

UK, anywhere but here..

By GodFather.• 7 Oct 2010 13:56
GodFather.

Where would you like to go mj and why?

By mjamille28• 7 Oct 2010 13:54
mjamille28

UK, anything that can take me away from here will do nicely for me.

By GodFather.• 7 Oct 2010 13:53
GodFather.

MJ it is not a sail boat it is a tag/motor boat me think..:)

By GodFather.• 7 Oct 2010 13:52
GodFather.

FS Which Corniche?

I have boat moored in the UK..If it still there along the canal in Hackney marshes..:)

By mjamille28• 7 Oct 2010 13:52
mjamille28

can I borrow that to sail away from here?

By britexpat• 7 Oct 2010 13:51
britexpat

Battleship??

This is a replica of a U-Boat ..... You are perfectly welcome to join me .. :O)

By Formatted Soul• 7 Oct 2010 13:46
Rating: 4/5
Formatted Soul

You can anchor your Battleship in corniche....you get exactly the same view..:)

By anonymous• 7 Oct 2010 13:44
anonymous

is this a briton sub?

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