Will Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Adrian Stott wrote: >> Will Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote:
>> First we need to agree what "the mooring problem" is. >> >> My definition of it is that it is impossible at present for the >> average person to get a mooring when and where he needs one. >> >> What's yours? > >There aren't enough moorings to meet the demand. This tends to >allow providers to increase pricing at will. Yes. And once they have, there will be enough moorings to meet the demand. >We've had this discussion before and I proposed one solution to >this was for groups of people (clubs) to build cooperative >moorings to reduce the ROI targets. If you and some friends want to put a considerable chunk of your capital into a venture a producing substandard return, go ahead. I certainly won't object. But please don't ask me to invest. >Two, show some signs of trying to influence legislators etc to >reduce the planning obstacles...why boaters might even help by >writing to their MPs about it. I think this has been happening for some time. >Three, I suppose it is also possible that a reduction in the levy >that BW expect from marina operators might help That "levy" is set by (aw, you guessed it) market comparison. It forms part of BW's property revenue. The waterways need BW to get all the revenue it can IMHO. >I have a more simplistic view. The lack of vacancies is because >of the lack of moorings. I'm afraid you're right. It is simplistic. The lack of vacancies is caused by an imbalance between supply and demand for moorings. >> You have actually agreed with that in your last paragraph above, by >> saying it "is simply because there are not enough to meet demand". But >> what you have left out is that this occurs *only* if the prices are >> too low. >> >Not necessarily. If it was easier to get permission to open a >marina/on line mooring and there was less/fewer charges from BW, >etc. then perhaps more people (landowners) would take the risk. >Seems to me that 2,200 miles of canal has 2,200 miles of >potential mooring space and much of it is used only for grazing. If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs, if we had some eggs. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
