"Mike Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:08 PM [GMT+1=CET], >Neil Arlidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> errr...I hate to stop a good rant...but to bid for a mooring you must >> be a BW "customer" (boater) and will not be able to pass on the >> mooring, even if you sell your boat. (A bit like it is meant to be at >> the moment) > >You say "meant to be", but it doesn;t always work like that. There was a >case in London a while ago when BW agreed to a residential moorer the right >so sell their BW mooring with their boat. When somebody quried this wuth >Watford they were told it is all down to the discretion of the waterway >manager.
AIUI, it was cases like this that have caused BW to confirm that, from now on, the mooring tenancy is a contract between BW and the tenant (i.e. is not related to the boat which may be using the mooring at any time), and is not transferable to a new tenant. Also, the tenant is not allowed to sublet the mooring. Meaning, that if you have a BW mooring, and sell your boat, you can't "sell" the mooring with it any more. Apparently, there were some situations (almost all in London, I think) where the moorer had previously been told by BW staff that he *could* "sell" the mooring with the boat, and some moorings had indeed been "sold" on (for a hefty premium in some cases) by the tenant. BW decided to deal with these cases as exceptions, and work them out one-by-one with the individuals concerned. This is part of a bigger picture, in that BW recently admitted that it has had trouble getting national decisions and policy implemented consistently (or even at all in some cases) locally. It says it is now getting serious about overcoming this. I do hope so. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
