--- In [email protected], "tiamiboat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip > Still, a lot of people out there could do a lot more to help us eh? > Like making sure your boat is clearly identified at all times with > at the very least its index number clearly displayed and name helps > (Steve, don't you dare turn up on my patch with no id!). Displaying > a valid licence if you have one helps too. snip If BW are having these problems it is no wonder ordinary boaters (well me) are very sceptical over just how much effort BW are putting into the enforcement effect it is having. It is a clear as day that a number of boaters have no intention of licensing their boats, paying their mooring permit (if applicable) and displaying the said items. If anyone doubts this take a look along the South Oxford & K&A. If all these officers and wardens are not figments of a PR mans imagination equip them with some sticky see through bags and "foil anti forgery" printed headed notices. Simply stick a notice on windows on both sides of the boat showing the current "state of play". If the boaters do not like it they only have themselves to blame - they are the ones breaking the regulations, and those with a genuine reason for not displaying should be happy another problem has been solved for them. I also note the increase in offside on-line moorings, some with extensive dredging, earthworks and gardens (South Oxford). How does this sit with BWs statements about reducing them - have the moorers/land owners actually got BW permission or have they just done it and are relying upon the "its my home" defence allow them to continue to ignore BW regs? Tony Brooks
