I'm surprised BW don't issue a license to the boat owner even if the DSS are paying ? On the 12/07 licenses I'm not surprised they haven't got their licences through I'm still waiting for my Gold license and I know Eric on Sefton hasn't had his Cruising licence through either even though both of us applied with plenty of time to spare Bernard NB Lexa
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julian Sent: 07 January 2008 13:03 To: [email protected] Subject: [canals-list] licence evasion I have recently taken to walking the towpath ( trying to get rid of Christmas) and as an amusement decided to count the boats as I walked back. 20 boats 7 with in date licences 2 just expired 12/07 11 either no licence displayed or well out of date (4 months or more) Only one of the 6 "regulars" had a winter mooring permit......... No wonder our licences are likely to go up by so much......................................... I know that if DSS are paying the licence/mooring for someone they don't get one for the window but I do feel that its taking the mick a bit when less than 35% of boats are displaying an in date licence. I did the same on the offside moorings and out of all the boats, one was not displaying anything and two non livaboards had licences that expired 12/07. Its a pity BW cant have a new law that deals with licence evasion in the same way as car tax if you don't renew the last known owner gets a fine! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
