I live off side in a house.
I had a boat with 'EOG' moorings
I hit hard times and couldnt afford to license AND pay mooring fees for my boat, so I had to sell it.
I am narked that there are at least 10 boats within a 5 minute walk that 'live' or 'store' there boat tow path side and have got away with it for years. (many many more if I walk a bit further) some licenced, some not - although that makes little difference as there are no long term moorings around here yet they moor long term ! and dont pay !
I would have liked to have kept my boat until I could afford to use / licence it again, but I am not the type of person who will 'cheat' the system.
Nor am I the type who would snitch.
before I sold my boat, I spoke to the moorings officer and asked why I should pay and others dont ? 'Because my boat would be siezed and taken out of the water' was the answer. !
I dont see it happening much round here.
I dont mind them not paying , as long as I dont have to either !
It is well known that patrol officers do little about the hard core evaders. A lot of BW staff admit openly that there is little they can do once they get to a certain point up the system.
So it remains for the 'easy targets' to carry on paying - or now being fined if they are late paying !
ok ...
little rant over ....
carry on