Brian on Harnser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Adrian Stott formulated the question :
>> The real problem is >> that CCs don't pay for moorings. The average boater (who does have a >> long-term mooring) uses the public moorings no more than about 2 >> months a year. The CCs use them 12 months a year. To me, that says >> that CCs should be invoiced a mooring charge worth 10/12 of the price >> of an annual long-term mooring. >And what about us boaters who do have long term moorings but spend more >than 2 months out on the cut, should we pay more as well? Good question. Under my proposal, your extensive navigating would not result in your paying any more. However, since I suspect that there are very few people in your category, that doesn't bother me much, although I guess I could design some way to ding you if you really want me to. Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >But spare a thought for those of us not lucky enough to live on our >boats. Licenses often only arrive a few days before the previous ones >expire. It's a 180 mile round trip to the boat. I sympathise. Surely if an owner gets his renewal application into BW before the stated processing deadline, BW should be obliged to get his new disks (squares?) to the owner before the licence expires. Of course, if it doesn't, non-display charges would have to be cancelled for that owner. "tiamiboat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We are working on the overstayers ... that's a fight for another day >but when you have a product with a limited amount of space there are >bound to be bits where there is an excess of demand over supply. Yeah, Deb, but the usual way to balance supply and demand is via pricing. If the overstayers know they will (almost) *always* be caught and have to pay £25/day, that becomes the price of overstaying and thus will make it very unattractive (i.e. more expensive than renting a long-term mooring) so few will do it. In other words, the demand for overstaying will drop significantly. Wouldn't that actually make your job easier? Adrian . Adrian Stott 07956-299966
