On 03/06/07, Captain Beeky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been unable to find a marina or "moorings supplier" prepared to > even consider the possibility of brokering unused space.
Whereas I've never had any problems - though it IS getting harder. And also more expensive. Thirty years ago, yards would often let you slip in wherever, and not charge at all; then they began asking for a fiver or a tenner a week, nothing too greedy. Soon it was 1/52 of the commercial rate, and recently two yards have asked me for premium payments based on 'administrative costs.' Since BWB have a policy of encouraging cruising, they should charge concessionary rates for weekenders on moorings over which it has control. But this of course would be a concessioin to its social responsibilities and totally out of line with the money-grubbing ethos of Waterways for Tomorrow which is the justification it uses for 'following commercial rates', in turn leading to increasingly more people like me just tying up on the towpath. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
