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Well where to start? 1. Came across a lock with both bottom gates open paddles up! 100 yards (I'm 68 don't do meters well I can but don't) down the cut the boat is in the next lock heading down so I go down and point out I am not here to clear up after them, got told "do I like sex and travel" if yes then F@#K off then. There reason was we thought (they were double handed me single handed) a boat was coming up. crap just to lazy to close up after themselves. 2. After clearing both locks there they are sat moored up on the lock landing enjoying afternoon tea, well in their case cheap Tesco lager I should think. 3. The boat had: 1. No name 2. No index number 3. And of course no license displayed. Taking the above into account if I were a betting man no BSS cert and no Insurance either. The CRT states "it's hard for us because if we take the boat away we then make them homeless which we can't do" I would like to put forward the idea that no marina or fuel boat can supply non license holders, if they do they catch a large fine. For marina owners if a boat is in their marina and it's not showing a license if they have a hard standing they MUST take the boat out of the water and put in their yard, if they don't have a hard standing the boat is padlocked to the jetty and can not be moved for ANY reason fuel, pump out nothing until a license is displayed, again large fine for non compliance. I get fed up seeing boats out on the cut that say they are CC's when in fact if they untied the mooring ropes the boat would turn over being so top heavy with all the rubbish on roof, also it would take a week to pack up all their rubbish from the tow path. Again so many showing no license. Then have the cheek because I have my engine ON and in GEAR so moving to shout "slow down" when engine is just above tick over so steering is not problem and again no license displayed in many cases. If as in another post on here the CRT wants to increase the mileage a CC must do to qualify as a CC I have no issue with that as I did 600+ hrs last June to October and boat was in a marina when I was out of UK in India. Free loaders need taking to task by the CRT it claims it's hard up, then collect what's due and clamp down on non license payers I pay mine you yours so should the free loaders, there is no thing such as a free lunch. Rant over
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Going up and down the Llangollen canal i see boats with out any license. one the other day was last licensed 2005