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S.O.S. Save Noah's Ark. Family Houseboat to Face Eviction? To those already established liveaboards and those just considering to leap, I place a call of SOS. To all decent and understanding hearts who share the joyful experience of being anywhere near a boat, or living on the water, I place this note of sincere appeal. My family and I are about to face the start of legal proceedings of eviction from a UK marina. The date we have been given to expect proceedings to start is from 1st April 2003. We have done nothing wrong whatsoever. We have paid all our bills, kept our noses clean. We have always had permission to live here on our Houseboat. We get on very well with the neighbours. Here's a link to a photograph of it taken just recently. www.dragonsoccer.co.uk/fanzpic13.htm Our five daughters have never lived any other way. Living on a boat is a beautiful way of life. Four of them are settled in school and the 'lady' of the boat is now in full time education. The marina operator has recently informed us that they made a mistake in letting us come to the marina 6 years ago. So, they said, LEAVE! You can not stay here any more, it's not suitable. Go away and relocate yourself! The nearest facility is in another country! Thay have made an offer of £10k to us to go away, which sounds reasonable enough but it's not that straight forward.... There is also the documented fact that they caused an incident in which the boat struck the hard and toppled sideways, and now the boat has developed a leak! No one will insure such a boat, no one will move a boat without insurance. We are in a bizarre situation which is not of our own making. We are local people, both Cardiff born, (approx 5 miles from Penarth) who had a dream over 13 Years ago. To get married, to buy a boat, convert it and live happily ever after, raising our lovely little family, on our Houseboat, at Penarth marina. Sadly, some time back, our only son Joshua Benedict died aboard the Picton, just two days old. Our sentimental attachment to the M.V. Picton and this locale is thus magnified. Moving away from our own home area or just simply giving up the M.V. Picton without a fight, is not an option, however poor the atmosphere or present welcome may or may not be at Penarth Marina. If you feel anything at all about this situation and would like to know more, or support our campaign to save our home and protect our way of life, please send me an e-mail directly to WWWNOAHSARK@aol.com or if you have any questions, please post them here and I will get back to you. Please also feel free to tell your boating friends about this appeal. Thankyou. These links will provide extra to explain, www.boatsyachtsmarinas.co...lrecord=49 www.boatsyachtsmarinas.co...lrecord=49 Noah & Nelly (Marie Louise & Vince) Houseboat M.V. Picton (Noah's Ark) Penarth Marina Vale of Glamorgan Wales United Kingdom. WWWNOAHELSETOGO@aol.com Edited by: WWWNOAHSARK at: 6/11/03 3:09 pm |
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