On Sunday, June 03, 2007 1:18 PM [GMT+1=CET], Sue Burchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> If you have a mooring you are not a continuous cruiser because you >>> don't need one. Puzzled >> Sue > >> In terms of the BW use of the term "continuous cruiser" Sue is >> absolutly correct. But there are people who cruise pretty >> continuously while still having a home base mooring who might be >> considered "continuous cruisers" in a non-technical sense. > > Are these people depriving boaters that need moorings of a scarce > recourse? That's one view. The opposite one (often voiced on Narrowboatworld.com)is that continuous cruisers who don't pay for a mooring aren't paying their share of the cost of running the system. One way of doing it, which we did for many years, is to have a home mooring at a boat club and let them know when you plan to be away for an extended time so that they can use your mooring to accommodate visiting boats. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
