Time travel.

The Marina from the Bridge, originally uploaded by Bay Photographic.

An available mooring on the Lancaster Canal is a rarity indeed. The Lancaster is one of the most traffic intense stretches of canal in the UK. Much of that traffic is made up of GRP cruisers, both wide and narrow beam, but it is increasingly being supplemented by steel narrowboats, some of which are locally based, others visiting from the 'main' system, via the Millenium Link. All of which need moorings, either permanently or as visitors. The three main commercial marinas (Moon's Bridge, Bridgehouse and Garstang) are as full as a marina can be. They don't even have a waiting list as there is no point in operating one. The smaller marinas like Pendle Marine and Nu Way at Carnforth never seem to have any space, new marinas being built at present, like Barton are filling up with boats before they have filled up with water, and the BW waiting list is difficult to negotiate, (although anecdotal evidence suggests that a proactive approach can be productive).
Since it is very difficult to find any sort of mooring on the canal, and it is almost impossible in the marinas, the mooring that 'comes with' a boat tends to be where it is kept. So a Bridgehouse Marina boat tends to remain a Bridgehouse Marina boat through many owners, a Moons Bridge boat tends to...etc.
So if, like me, you are happy with the marina you are using at present, you will probably buy another boat which is already there, and keep it in the same place.
Which means that, in theory, I have already seen the next boat I am going to own.
Which is a bit like seeing into the future.
No, actually, I haven't got anything better to do.