I don't believe BW realised that insisting on a mooring would create problems. Unfortunately moorings were in very short supply when they tried to bring in the legislation. They hadn't understood that people wouldn't have used the moorings if they had one so making the problem worse. A friend was refused a licence for not having a mooring. He went to see the BW manager in his boating gear, a harris tweed jacket, with his usual tie and check shirt. Explaining, with his officers accent, That when he went abroad on holiday, doing wildlife cruises etc. he put his boat into a marina and payed his dues to them. He got his licence. Thank you George for making continuous cruising legal.