Neil Arlidge explained :
> dave hearnden wrote:
>> Neil Wrote:> > As you will have noticed BW proposes a £50 surcharge
>> on all boats over 6ft > 10ins wide...so that will include most
>> ex-working (and many replica) > narrowboats built to the correct
>> gauge of 7ft, or spread to 7ft 2ins!?> This will attempt to dispense
>> with another load of troublesome boaters, that > demand that pinch
>> points are removed and that the canal is dredged (where in > reality,
>> working boats are doing most of the silt dispersal)> > What with the
>> £150 surcharge on Continuous Cruisers (where in reality it > should
>> only apply to the Continuous Moorers), it would appear that BW are >
>> favouring their prefered market, the Contiuous Berthers...ie the
>> people with > £60,000 plus narrowboats that moor in £3000 plus
>> marinas, who hardly ever > come out and actually *do* any boating and
>> are well-off enough to afford the > "modest" licence increase.> Hi
>> All,
>>
>> I am surprised that this has taken so long to be commented on?
>>
I think this is just a ploy. At the last minute they will say "yes you
are right, anything over 8 ft is wide and will be charged extra" and we
will just say "well that good" and another divide and conquer will be
in the system.
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