On 5 Jan 2007, at 10:36, Mack, David wrote:
> In the past it was necessary to display a licence to enable local BW
> staff to check who was licensed and who was not. I thought that
> nowadays BW staff carried computers with a copy of the whole licence
> database on, so they can check on the spot (from the boat name and
> number) whether it is licensed.
>
According to the patrol officer we spoke to this November, they used to
have handhelds with the whole database on it, but there was some
problem (battery size, I think) so this year they all had reams of
print out on clip boards, ordered by number not boat name.
Atm, he's the only patrol for Wales and Border Counties, so his patch
runs from Swansea to Llangollen to Chester and across to Macclesfield.
ATB
Bruce
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