Continuous cruisers

[photostudent]

Hi, my names Andy Tunley and I'm a student studying for a degree in documentary photography in Newport, South Wales. I'm currently looking to do a project on 'Continous Cruisers' in the UK. Any information you could give me on this topic would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thankyou for your time

[Stephen Sugg]

You'll certainly get a few replies on this.........not from me though, I follow the debate from a distance....

[John Orentas]

Andy.

 

Before you start make sure you get your definitions clear, lot's of people are about to tell you that a Continuous Cruiser is someone who moors his boat under a tree for five years.

[matt]

There appear to many CC groups, from what I've seen:

 

Continuous Cruisers who never stay longer than 14 days in one place, 12 months a year (of which I think there are very very few).

 

CC'ers who do that all summer and pay for winter moorings.

 

CC'ers who keep to the spirit of the not staying too long in one place rule, but maybe not to the letter of it (me this year so far - I stayed in Newbury for 3 weeks, and have overstayed on 48h a couple of times ...) I've met a lot in this category.

 

CC'ers who stay in the same area but move around every two weeks (they are often referred to as bridgehoppers) they often work locally and like the low cost of living on a boat (interestingly I've met a few divorced men in this category who had no alternative).

 

CC'ers who stay in the same place 12 months a year.

 

Then there are the completely unlicensed, unmoving ones or 'Agenda 21' as Oxfordshire CC seem to categorise them.

[Maffi]

Hi, my names Andy Tunley and I'm a student studying for a degree in documentary photography in Newport, South Wales. I'm currently looking to do a project on 'Continous Cruisers' in the UK. Any information you could give me on this topic would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thankyou for your time

Andy enter continuous cruiser in the search box There is a lot of reading there.

[lymmranger]

Does poor Andy realise what a can of worms he has "kicked" over here?

[fender.]

Does poor Andy realise what a can of worms he has "kicked" over here?

 

The thrill - its electrifying!

[lymmranger]

Come into my parlour said the spider to the fly....