lulu fish

You are grasping at straws there, lol. I would be paying the marina for my mooring and the marina would be paying CRT for the connection to the canal. Could it be that you want me to pay for something that I'm not using to subsidise your use of it? Would that make you the freeloader?

What exactly would I "get for nothing"? I would be paying the marina for my mooring and their facilities. I wouldn't be using any CRT facilities or cruising on their canals so I would be getting nothing for nothing from them. In what way do you think this is socially irresponsible? There are only two marinas within easy reach of my work that don't require a licence and both of them are full.

I suppose I am asking if I could save myself the licence money for the period of time it takes the marina to notice. Am I right in thinking that after a period of time un-licenced in a marina I can buy a new licence and CRT will have no claim to any backdated fees for the time I was not licenced?

If I moor in a marina which pays little attention to whether or not boats are licensed, I could let my licence expire. I wouldn't be breaking any law, just the terms and conditions of my mooring arrangement. CRT would have no case against me. Once the marina got around to noticing that my boat is unicenced they tell me to licence it or leave, so I licence it again. I save myself licence fees for the period of time it takes the marina to notice, which could be a while.. Is that correct?