On 22 Oct 2008, at 12:07, Neil Arlidge wrote: > Roger Millin wrote: >> 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). >> > 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
Don't come back to the Thames then....! :-/ -- Andy Greener n.b. Whisper Pangbourne, UK http://www.nb-whisper.com "Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid"
