bty465680 wrote:
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> I hop this teaches them that they can't walk on us like this and
that
> in a few years they'll have canals with no boats on, you can
already
> see the huge glut of GRP cruisers that has suddenly hit the market
and
> are going for peanuts in the last six months. One year ago they
were
> fetching more than they ever were (glad I sold then!!)but now you
> can't give them away.
>
I understand the sentiments expressed but look at the situation from
BW's point of view. Although there are people starting to get out of
boating due to the cost increases (not only moorings but over the
next 3 years licences) you don't see boats being taken out of the
water and destroyed by their owners do you? Therefore the number of
existing boats remains on the water and is added to each year by the
number of new boats built. Thus, from BW's perspective, all they see
is a steadily increasing boat population. They may also be seeing an
increasing number of unlicensed boats (either moving or static) as
the owners give up bothering to licence the boat that they cannot
sell but this number isn't going to increase as fast as the rate of
new boats coming onto the system.
Roger
