Kukri
Well-known member
Well whats caused the Changes and the Decay of Boating in general
Might offer a personal opinion as to another cause thats not been mentioned , but is apparent in some poster comments , that of change of type of person who has become interested in boating , but lacks any history or understanding of Boating , its rights and wrongs , its historical Rights etc .
Sort of person with the understanding or lack of , that compares Boating with , say car ownership and rules , apparent sometimes with comments like , well someone will gain so why cant they charge , we have licences to drive cars so why not boats , why have free moorings , why should etc etc
The subject of the Brightlingsea yard wanting to have /take away a public right of way , the different opinions do show quite well how the differences unfortunately uch apparent
I stated in a post about the RYA a long time ago , that I think us boaters really need a strong forcefull person /organisation that will fight for the various Rights Of Way and Access to be retained for our public use , a Organisation similar to the Ramblers Associoation who will take on Commerce , Companies , Governments etc etc ; Unfortunately the present Boating Interest Organisations would appear lacking in commitment , maybe they are ex Civil Serv etc who have no built in personal policy of Right n Wrong
I strongly agree with Captain Popeye.
The history and traditions of our sport are a part of it; we enjoy it more if we know what they are and that we are observing them.
If you “clear out all the old nonsense”, what have you got left?
And I think Popeye is right that really there isn’t anyone who really takes care of the public’s rights as regards salt water and access to it. Neither the RYA nor the CA really have it as one of their main functions. Trinity House used to, but they don’t have the resources, now.