Virginia Currer Dies

I was sad to hear of the death of Virginia Currer. A woman who I had met just the once when looking form our new home on the waterways. I remember her being strong on the phone with me about exactly what it was that I wanted and thinking wow buying a livaboard isn't just looking at a boat and liking how the outside looks. On travelling down to Slough to look at a particular boat we really liked the look of in the paperwork, I think it was called Shalamar, a 70ft beautiful boat with a vintage engine and wheel controls. We really did fancy that, but she talked candidly about what we really needed "No you can't go up the Leeds and Liverpool on this boat" "Lots of maintenance for the engine" "Port holes" "Warmth" "4ft bed" etc etc. All this advice on our very first venture to look at a boat gave us No Problem, and I have never ever forgotten that meeting with Virginia, and never will, because without our meeting we would not have chosen the most perfect boat for our needs.I am sure she will be not only sadly missed my Vic and myself, but for thousands of others as well.:)