"Roger Millin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Julian wrote: >> Yes you can go elsewhere. > > Yes, perhaps I should have added the clause 'in this country'. You are > correct that I have a foot in both camps at the moment but my UK boat > is so much of a better boat that I'd be loathe to part with her. > >> Neil has, David Has, You have, I am sure there are many others. >> Had it not been for certain commitments I would have gone last year. >> Even the EA seem a better bet than BW just at the moment. > > Despite that, in terms of a pure numbers game, there will always be an > increasing boater population in this country. > I suppose you could use an analogy of the recently released figures on > emigration of Brits from this country. Despite the rising emigration of > Brits (200,000 IIRC, last year) the rising immigration overwhelms this > figure and so the UK population is still rising fast. Same principle > for boats IMO. > Roger >
It was 400,000 last year from the figures I saw and about 600,000 coming in http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7096352.stm Admittedly only about 200,000 were brits. J
