After years of drooling and dreaming I am finally in a position to buy my first narrowboat. The boat I am thinking of buying is moored on a private section of the the River Wey. The boat is not licenced, insured or BSS certified. The current owners just visit to start the engine occasionally.
To enable the boat to be surveyed it needs to be moved to the nearest slipway /boatyard which is about a mile away on the navigation proper. My question is, am I allowed to get the boat to the boatyard without any of the above. Once surveyed it can get BSS and Insurance then finally a licence. The mooring will be rented to me from the landowner.
TIA
Jon