Debbi added: > The increase in new continuous moorers is becoming a joke. In some areas as > soon as you get rid of one another 3 or 4 replace place. I know of one boat > yard that is craning in 2 or 3 new boats a week, often wide beam and I know > exactly where most of them end up. Anyone here who was a visitor to London > had problems trying to find a mooring? > > The canal is of finite length with a limited amount of facilities including > moorings. You can't keep on filling it up with boats or you'll be able to > walk from London to Birmingham by boat without getting wet. What's the > solution .... some might say market forces and economics i.e. pricing > structures .... over to you Adrian! >
Debbi, I agree entirely with your thoughts here. Indeed, I've argued in the past that, even in a recession, BW's revenue will continue to rise as the number of boats being put onto the water will always exceed the number being scrapped or moved abroad. If all boats are licensed (and that is another argument) then QED, revenue will rise. Affirms my decision to sell up here and concentrate my boating in France though ;-))) Roger
