Hi Derek
Yes its Volvo Paul, sorry he couldn't get to you though. I think most of his work is around The Solent so he fits in survey's when hes down this way. Maybe he could recommend someone up that way for you?
We moved to Barton on Sea just over 18 months ago, we have the West Solent at the bottom of our road and are almost opposite The Needles. At the moment We only have a small SeaRay bowrider, which is kept at Bucklers Hard, but have been looking for an upgrade for a while now and have boring the pants off a few of our members, however we are not in your league.
We did look at live aboard ideas a few years back and it may still happen. One boat we really liked was a Beneteau Grand Tourismo 40 but if we were to go that route it would mean selling up then using the left over cash to live on.