IIRC EA always used to claim an astonishing number of boats used their waterways - several times the number registered on BW waters
I can't remember what the figures where though We were always rather sceptical of EA's claimed figure - especially as at the time it was often presented as a key justification for EA taking over BW rather than t'other way round (this was a decade or more ago when last the possibility of amalgamating the navigation functions of the two organisations was being discussed by officialdom) and suspected it included every dinghy, punt, canoe, skiff, launch, boat of any type that had ever been registered on EA waters since the days of hollowed out logs! And before anyone points out that EA didn't exist in the days of hollowed out logs, one assumes that EA gained records from the Thames Conservancy and so on back to the days of the Isis River Management Committee (don't argue with the chairman of the IRMC or you'll end up on the slab come next Solstice!). Mind you, back then the conditions of the LSC (Log safety Certificate) were a lot easier to deal with than the modern BSC equivalent ... Sorry, getting silly! I'll get me coat Bru > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John Slee > Sent: 08 August 2010 10:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Boats around the waterways > > Off the top of my head - 36000 on BW waters & double it for other > waterways > WBW John (Sent from my BlackBerryR) > > -----Original Message----- > From: "mick L" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:41:02 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [canals-list] Boats around the waterways > > > A very quick one, does anyone have an idea of how many boat, are on the > waterways in England BR and EA waters after looking on both sites I > could not find an answer. Thank you > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
