Momac

Living on a boat a few days like at weekend or occasionally a couple of weeks at a time isn't residential. That's what I do . I definitely don't think I am a live-aboard boater . Not having a home mooring and residing on a boat are completely separate things. . eg. You can have no home mooring and not live on the boat, never or rarely stay overnight. You can have a home mooring and travel as a continuous cruiser but also have a house where you live part of the time. You can have a home mooring and a house and live on the boat a whole year while you continuously cruise.

I agree it's acceptable to stay on board in the marina providing its not weeks on end. Surely you can't overstay in a marina . Correct. I never had a conversation with the marina regarding my declaration that it is my home mooring.

I see. And agree that it completely ridiculous to expect anyone to declare that some future work will be completed by others.

Could you direct me to the part of the regulations that says this please?

Their impact assessment is that they have actioned what they were given approval to do via the majority after study of the results of a survey of license holders . Therefore the majority of license holders will be happy.

That's a bit picky but I get your point. I doubt C&RT care too much really. Looking at it with a dose of common sense the OPs proposed use pattern seems to me a lot closer to a home moorer than it is to a continuous cruiser.

Seems perfectly honest to me since it sounds like the boat will be in a marina most of the time. Maybe not the same marina all year but what's to stop anyone declaring home mooring and moving the home mooring from time to time?

I suggest declaring a home mooring at the marina you expect to be in at around the time your license starts. Then forget about it until the next license renewal. Or you can change your home mooring on the C&RT online account as you move around if you prefer .

I asked the question because it is relevant. If no rules/laws are being broken then you should deal with it by accepting it as being normal or move on.

https://www.tek-tanks.com/

It seems you are quoting something that dates back to 2006. I have copied a link to it below. The same document states The response you are quoting crucially misses the '5 years' . But it is just a quote from a 17 year old document which is not the current version of the regulations which may well have involved a change in the wording since 2006. http://www.bluestarsurveys.co.uk/RCDComplianceGuide.pdf .

Nevertheless the reference is a screen shot from the RYA website and it is a reference to current regulations. The reference to the EU is not relevant to the remainder of the text.