159 out of 8000.

[Old Crusty]

EA reports it has booked 122 boats as unregistered this year to date. If the evasion rate is 10% there will be another 700 motor boats to be found never mind the unpowered lot. The EA needs to focus on getting every licence penny due and stop faffing about dressing up and pretending to regulate at partial river closures and regattas. Nothing else should matter.

 

[mersey]

"We are planning to work with the marina operators regarding the introduction of the S60
accommodation charges for enclosed or off-line marinas. Clearly the introduction of such charges
will need to be done in a co-ordinated way and we are pursuing this with the marina operators"

Does this mean they are going to charge more to the marina operators? Who could in turn then pass the charges on through higher mooring fees.

 

[Old Crusty]

"We are planning to work with the marina operators regarding the introduction of the S60
accommodation charges for enclosed or off-line marinas. Clearly the introduction of such charges
will need to be done in a co-ordinated way and we are pursuing this with the marina operators"

Does this mean they are going to charge more to the marina operators? Who could in turn then pass the charges on through higher mooring fees.

I think that's a fair assumption.

 

[boatone]

I think that's a fair assumption.

For “fair assumption” read “absolute certainty”.
Be under no illusions. Without new legislation most proposals to raise additional income will increase the burden on those who already pay.

 

[DogsBody]

"We are planning to work with the marina operators regarding the introduction of the S60
accommodation charges for enclosed or off-line marinas. Clearly the introduction of such charges
will need to be done in a co-ordinated way and we are pursuing this with the marina operators"

Does this mean they are going to charge more to the marina operators? Who could in turn then pass the charges on through higher mooring fees.

Due to the bit in bold, I read that as them looking to apply charges to those in marinas that are not currently paying, since most marinas are open to the river flow and so presumably already paying, which seems fair enough to me.

Of course I could be reading it wrongly.

 

[Old Crusty]

Due to the bit in bold, I read that as them looking to apply charges to those in marinas that are not currently paying, since most marinas are open to the river flow and so presumably already paying, which seems fair enough to me.

Of course I could be reading it wrongly.

The marinas (or boat yards with moorings, piles, pontoons such as Bourne End and DB Marine) on the main river should already be paying accommodation charges. Marinas formed off the main river, often in old gravel pits (e.g. Penton Hook, Windsor, Bray, Abingdon) are those that will require S.60 licences. As B1 says, we'll end up paying for the new charges.

 

[oldgit]

Due to the bit in bold, I read that as them looking to apply charges to those in marinas that are not currently paying, since most marinas are open to the river flow and so presumably already paying, which seems fair enough to me. Of course I could be reading it wrongly.

" so presumably already paying" ...........suspect not a single brass farthing their reluctance to get involved with reporting unlicenced boats lurking on their marinas would also indicate a lack of interest regards helping to fund the Thames. A boater of my aquaintance was really hoping that the EA would lose the recent case against those avoiding paying their license fees, as it will mean at some future date having to start paying accommodation charges for the mooring the end of the garden.

 

[DogsBody]

OK, so it looks like I was being a bit naive...so the EA go looking to raise additional funding (as we've all been asking them to do) and they go after the marinas, who will almost certainly just push the extra charge onto us boaters anyway!


(Also, I was sure I posted this at lunchtime but it never appeared, so hoping it does this time!)