Roger Millin wrote: > Glen wrote: > Some of these have expressed the view that they can afford the license > or the mooring, but not both! > > > That's a factor that will hit the waterways increasingly in the future > I'm afraid. It's the reason that we are selling Albion as we cannot > justify the £2500 per year it costs to keep her in the water, insured > and at a linear mooring when we are boating in France most of the > time. That cost is before the scheduled BW licence increases of the > next few years and, goodness knows what increases in mooring charges > (although, in fairness, our boatyard on-line mooring fees are > reasonable for an area where there is a shortage of marinas). > Roger > > > ------------------------------------
Gawd...that is cheap! *If* I were to bring Earnest back to Harefield Marina, my yearly cost (for this year) for Std BW Canals and River Licence, insurance and mooring would be around £3500 -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the travels of TNC, now in Ireland http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
