do you need a canal licence to use your tender on the inlandwater ways.

[moonraker 36]

as per the title...
do you need to licence your tender to be able to use it or is it covered by the actual boat licence already on the boat.

 

[teddington_lock]

You do on the thames.

No idea about CART.

 

[boatingdave]

There used to be what I think may be an unofficial rule in that if you were within sight of the main vessel you were covered but I think folk on the G&S and Thames have fallen foul of that one and been fined. Personally I think we already pay enough and if it's registered TT to a licensed vessel it should be allowed. Why pay for a licence for something that is so rarely used? Just an opinion?

 

[mikemanor]

On EA waters a separate licence is required for the tender. If it does not have an auxiliary engine ie manually propelled only then the licence covers all EA waters costing £35 per year. If it has an outboard then it is a power craft and a licence for the individual system is required. If it is registered as a tender to the main craft at the same time as the main craft is registered then you get a 50% discount on the licence fee. Otherwise it will be treated as an individual craft.

My tender (2.4m Zodiac with outboard) on the Anglian Region costs £38.87 pa with the 50% discount.

Not sure about CaRT waters

 

[bumperdump]

from what I have observed, while on the thames , if you do not transit through any locks you are free to do pretty much what you like.

 

[moonraker 36]

keep the boat on the river trent so c&rt.
tender is a 2.8m rib with 15hp yami on the back, only get used once in a blue moon.
you would think a tender to a boat with a currant licence would be covered....

 

[CX54WEK]

On CRT waterways if you have a rivers only licence the tender is covered by the main boats licence.

If you have a full canal and rivers licence it is not.

 

[Big John]

from what I have observed, while on the Thames , if you do not transit through any locks you are free to do pretty much what you like.

And there is the problem. No enforcement teams out on the river checking licences and boat owners exploiting the fact. Chicken and egg, no money to get the enforcement teams out but if they went out and checked the non licence boaters they would get the money in. Those that refuse to pay should have their boat confiscated and sold off or crushed.

 

[moonraker 36]

On CRT waterways if you have a rivers only licence the tender is covered by the main boats licence.

If you have a full canal and rivers licence it is not.

i have a river only licence now that i have moved the boat to kings marina.
but what an arse about face that is.. full licence no tender cover but a river only and tender is covered!
good to no though cx54wek.

 

[moonraker 36]

just found this on the c&rt web site..

1.1. ‘Boat’ means the boat named in your Application or Renewal Form whose name and index number
will appear on the Licence. For boats with Rivers Only Licences ‘the Boat’ includes any Tender to
the Boat.

so looks like you are right cx54wek. nice one..

 

[CX54WEK]

Im pretty sure its aimed at boats that have moorings where they need a tender to get to and from the boat. Not a problem on canals.

 

[bumperdump]

And there is the problem. No enforcement teams out on the river checking licences and boat owners exploiting the fact. Chicken and egg, no money to get the enforcement teams out but if they went out and checked the non licence boaters they would get the money in. Those that refuse to pay should have their boat confiscated and sold off or crushed.

come across plenty of boats not displaying licences, in some of the nooks and crannies.

 

[CX54WEK]

come across plenty of boats not displaying licences, in some of the nooks and crannies.

You dont need to be in the nooks and crannies where we are. Plenty on the rivers not displaying them.........

 

[Capt Popeye]

And there is the problem. No enforcement teams out on the river checking licences and boat owners exploiting the fact. Chicken and egg, no money to get the enforcement teams out but if they went out and checked the non licence boaters they would get the money in. Those that refuse to pay should have their boat confiscated and sold off or crushed.

Err, hello Victor, why do you not just come out and say it as it is