Adrian Stott wrote: > "Mike Stevens" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:08 PM [GMT+1=CET], >> Neil Arlidge >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> errr...I hate to stop a good rant...but to bid for a mooring you >>> must >>> be a BW "customer" (boater) and will not be able to pass on the >>> mooring, even if you sell your boat. (A bit like it is meant to be >>> at >>> the moment) >> >> You say "meant to be", but it doesn;t always work like that. There >> was a case in London a while ago when BW agreed to a residential >> moorer the right so sell their BW mooring with their boat. When >> somebody quried this wuth Watford they were told it is all down to >> the discretion of the waterway manager. > > AIUI, it was cases like this that have caused BW to confirm that, from > now on, the mooring tenancy is a contract between BW and the tenant > (i.e. is not related to the boat which may be using the mooring at any > time), and is not transferable to a new tenant. Also, the tenant is > not allowed to sublet the mooring. Meaning, that if you have a BW > mooring, and sell your boat, you can't "sell" the mooring with it any > more. > > Apparently, there were some situations (almost all in London, I think) > where the moorer had previously been told by BW staff that he *could* > "sell" the mooring with the boat, and some moorings had indeed been > "sold" on (for a hefty premium in some cases) by the tenant. BW > decided to deal with these cases as exceptions, and work them out > one-by-one with the individuals concerned. > > This is part of a bigger picture, in that BW recently admitted that it > has had trouble getting national decisions and policy implemented > consistently (or even at all in some cases) locally. It says it is > now getting serious about overcoming this. I do hope so.
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