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I think that's probably the critical thing here. The boat with the highest numbers is supposedly running electric heaters so can use all the solar it gets. @GUMPY is feeding a storage bank so can store all the solar he gets. Everyone else is probably in float mode, with the solar not producing much.

The first three options on the mooring list online are:

What's that got to do with boats? It's the international road transport regs!

Because they don't. BW and BWB before them did as a government department, CRT as a private company don't. After the Post Office fiasco I can't really see a current or near future government wanting to grant private prosecution powers to any more firms either. CRT could choose to enforce the byelaws, but then they'd get all the expenses but none of the fines ...

Why? The fixed work location isn't the issue, it's the boat not moving that's the problem. If you get a job in the middle of Birmingham or the middle of the Cheshire ring (when it's not broken!) you can easily extensively cruise while commuting to work, it's just you commute from a different place every time you move on. The guidelines suggest that wanting to be conveniently close to work or schools isn't a valid reason to not move the boat. They don't suggest that you can't have kids or a job, just that you can't stay in one location to do this.

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/document/DJdPZ1nBR9un_Y87gOA-rQ/yXvC8xci0__iJ-T0XixW-p2Ocp8Bn_TPT2Egc9yhyic/aHR0cHM6Ly9jcnRwcm9kY21zdWtzMDEuYmxvYi5jb3JlLndpbmRvd3MubmV0L2RvY3VtZW50Lw/0189917d-2616-7c90-8a0a-f060f569a560.pdf Ugly link, but here you go.

Did you read this thread?

That was a surprisingly short argument!

Wind your neck in and re-read the original post. Howdoo asked for an instructor which is why he's had a few suggestions.

You want them to become a Local Authority, you'll need to pay them Council Tax. That's how that works!

... with liveaboards paying council tax to CRT on top of their boat licence?

How much would expect them to pay to hire a wide beam for 3 days or a week? How much would expect them to pay to hire a wide beam for 3 days or a week?

Or do the training on one ... Like the company I suggested earlier!

For clarity I'd forgotten about the disconnected waterway licence, not the canal itself.

Oh, good point - I'd forgotten about that one. That one is geographically restricted, one of our members ( @magpie patrick maybe?) asked about using a boat on a disconnected waterway licence on a different disconnected waterway and it caused confusion!

Again, I don't think that's a geographical restriction. Nothing stops you selling an inappropriate boat and buying a different one and using the same class of licence. If the boat fits the navigation, it's pure choice whether to get a full licence or a (lower priced) rivers only licence. I like the canals so I've never really seen the point, but if I had a proper boat over on the Trent I probably would!

Just make sure you get someone who can actually control a wheel steered boat though, many can't. Interestingly anyone who can steer with a wheel can also use a tiller, it's the other way round that causes problems. Also what I noticed with a twitchy wheel steered boat was that non-car drivers did much better at it than car drivers, probably because they didn't expect it to handle like a car. It won't!

That's not really a geographical restriction though, there's a lot of different rivers covered by it around the country. If you're "trapped" on the Lee, nothing stops you paying to be craned out and dropped in on the Weaver on your licence.

Try Bear Boating at Apperley Bridge They do training and are fairly local to you. https://www.bearboating.co.uk/

Reported because I'm upset by this thread