After serious thinking Neil Arlidge wrote : > Adrian Stott wrote: >> "Roger Millin" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Adrian replied: >>>> Limehouse basin is indeed BW water. However, a boat does not need a >>>> BW licence to be kept at Limehouse Marina (which is in the basin). >>>> Quite a few of the boats there are sea-going, so their owners have >>>> no interest in being able to use the waterways. >>>> >>>> Yes, the proposal is for a locking charge for all boats without a BW >>>> licence. >>>> >>> >>> Hhmm, that's interesting and something I didn't know. So, on that >>> basis, if one wished to keep one's boat on the Thames at Oxford but >>> only wished to cruise the canals (via the South Oxford) then EA >>> wouldn't want a licence? Hhmm, I don't think so ;-))) Or doesn't >>> that principle work further upstream? Roger >> >> I think it applies everywhere where the navigation authority is in the >> business of running moorings just off the waters of another navigation >> authority. >> >> Adrian > > Oh good, that means that BW licence holders can do the Nene and Great Ouse > for free, to get to BW Priory Marina in Bedford. > So BW is not the naviation authority for Limehouse Basin? > It just smacks of unfair competition, the way they operate the no licence > required rule with BWML Limehouse Marina and BWML Sawley (at Sawley they > claim this has now stopped....oh yeah!)
There use to be something similar on the Trent with boats being allowed into Stockworth Basin, something to do with safe haven from a tide way. -- Brian traveling on Harnser http://nbharnser.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------ 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/
