Homer 123 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Is this possible? I'm thinking of a change of career. I would need to move the boat from MK to within driving distance of Cambridge. How feasible is it to CC in that area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0atman Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Do check with environment agency as not CRT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Do check with environment agency as not CRTSo, as Continuous Cruising is a description of one of the ways of complying with a CRT license, strictly speaking it is impossible Fade to Scarlet or Moominpapa will be able to advise, they moor out that way Richard Edited January 4, 2015 by RLWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer 123 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ok thank you both. So another boat license is necessary to start with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Yep, or a Gold license Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer 123 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ah I've seen boats with gold licenses and wondered what they were! So it seems that a permanent mooring is required and they're probably impossible to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 You need a local to answer that Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ah I've seen boats with gold licenses and wondered what they were! So it seems that a permanent mooring is required and they're probably impossible to get? You dont need a permanent mooring for a gold Licence but a gold licence wont get you to Cambridge, that's the camcon http://www.camconservancy.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) See earlier thread on a similar question, including views from Fade to Scarlet. I moor in Ely, which is 15 mins by train from Cambridge (but I suspect rather longer by car in the rush hour ....) Edited January 4, 2015 by Scholar Gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer 123 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ely would be a possibility. How is mooring there? Does it have to be permanent and if so how easy are they to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer 123 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 I've read the other thread now. Very helpful and it would seem that a mooring would be better outside of Cambridge so a few more enquiries to make! Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) I'm in the Cathedral marina. It's a bit hard to tell if if is full, as lots of the boats have been craned out for the winter. I would give them a call: http://www.jalsea.co.uk/ely_marine.htm There are a good number of narrow boats there, and also full facilities, and it's a lovely little City IMHO. All the other moorings in Ely are 48 hours, although the local authority that own and manage them have some problems with their byelaws at the moment that I don't quite understand. Edited January 4, 2015 by Scholar Gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'm in the Cathedral marina. It's a bit hard to tell if if is full, as lots of the boats have been craned out for the winter. I would give them a call: http://www.jalsea.co.uk/ely_marine.htm There are a good number of narrow boats there, and also full facilities, and it's a lovely little City IMHO. All the other moorings in Ely are 48 hours, although the local authority that own and manage them have some problems with their byelaws at the moment that I don't quite understand. Didn't you get a questionnaire? I did from GOBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 There are permanent moorings to be had, depends on how far you are prepared to commute. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Didn't you get a questionnaire? I did from GOBA Yes, I did - I see the consultation is still open for another fortnight: link here. The legal situation does appear a little opaque - not unusual - which is why I said I didn't quite understand.... Edited to add: I have now read this paper (courtesy of a link on the GOBA website) which does explain the legal position fully (see para 3.17). Edited January 5, 2015 by Scholar Gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasboater Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 So we have local Gov dukeing it out with big Gov? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 If it helps, our marina on the Lark is 15 mins from Ely and about the same from the A11 at Newmarket, however I'm unsure of journey time to Cambridge, just a couple of more options. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 If you moor on the Middle Levels you can get fairly close to Cambridge and you won't need a licence. For example, March has a regular train service to Cantab, journey time 32 minutes from memory. There is a good marina there, Fox's, who (I think) accept liveaboards as I know a few who moor, or have moored, there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer 123 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 That's brilliant thank you all. Now I just need to get the job and for it to be enough money!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Good Luck Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FidoDido Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Bill Fen Marina in Ramsey also worth considering.. Pretty cheap, I'd say!! To CC would be tricky - GOBA moorings are generally 48 hr, and visitor moorings few and far between. Also consider the Lazy Otter at Streatham (limited moorings, but great place - Used to moor there myself), and just a mile up the Old West at near Streatham Pump is a bunch of new online moorings - don't know the farmer's name, but worth asking. Streatham is about 10 miles north of Cambridge on the A10. Moorings at Brandon Creek probably not too bad to commute to Cambridge from either. Then there is 20 pence marina near Cottenham, the Marina at 5 Miles From Anywhere pub, Upwell, and also some nice EA moorings at Upwell. Even then, it would be fairly simple to commute from Oundle Marina, Thrapston (new moorings here), or St Ives (big marina), Earith (small marina). Or How about the Stort / Lee?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Then there is the Marina at 5 Miles From Anywhere pub, Upwell, and also some nice EA moorings at Upwell. Oh no there isn't. I live in Upwell and have never seen either of these features. Upwell, in any case, is not on EA waters, it's on the Middle Levels. There is a place not too far away, but which I have never visited, called Upware. Perhaps that's where these moorings are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FidoDido Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Apologies.... upware not upwell :S You should go. Good pub, and lovely walk (or boat) into Wicken Fen. Good day out in the summer. Edited January 9, 2015 by FidoDido Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Apologies.... upware not upwell :S You should go. Good pub, and lovely walk (or boat) into Wicken Fen. Good day out in the summer. A few photos of Wicken Fen here. It was too hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 A few photos of Wicken Fen here. It was too hot. Dont tell to many people about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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