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Wide beams against licence increase

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Greg
8 years ago

My boat is about 9ft wide and only 28ft long, why do I have to pay more for less? A narrow boat can go more places than a wider boat so why should we pay more, it's just unfair.

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Robert binch
8 years ago

All take give nothing back

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Brigitte brennan
8 years ago

Already paying over price for old dirty toilets and showers most are locked up in a state of disrepair no dredging of canals and rivers or cutting back of trees most wide beamers damage boats just getting through Nottingham canal how can they even consider charging another 20% Disgraceful

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Mark Ramsay
8 years ago

Why should I pay more for waterway I can't get along.

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Keith Dean
8 years ago

The facilities or lack of facilities on the non tidel Trent are discusting

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Rosie Cresswell
8 years ago

As our boat is basically a sea going vessel with very limited river usage, basically the Trent and Humber ( where the facilities have been run down to nothing Gunthorpe lock for example ) for us to access coastal waters. The price increase is unjust as basically we're paying for an access route to sea & parking on the river at our moorings???? Very unfair price increase!!!

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Kevin Ward
8 years ago

Stupid. A 28' x 10' river boat paying more than a 50 odd foot narrow boat. Stupid.

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Rosemary Cottle
8 years ago

Think present tariff sufficient

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Tracey Templeton
8 years ago

I am not against paying to use the rivers. But as I keep my 29 ft cruser on the river Trent ware many facility are being removed . So I am paying for facility that are not available.

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Kirsty Williams
8 years ago

When I purchased a widebeam I knew that there were only certain canals I could navigate on because of my size but I didn't realise that a lot of the K&A is unmoorable for me because of the other side of the canal being so overgrown an limiting to widebeams. As a responsible owner I never moor where if would mean that another boat would have to scrape their way through trees etc to get passed me so it does limit where I can moor :(

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Lesley Doveton
8 years ago

So many reasons why this is unfair. I knew by the wording of the recent questionnaire where this was going.

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Graham Price
8 years ago

Especially wide beam boats with no engine on residential moorings have no impact on the canal system.

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David Hughes
8 years ago

Its a double wammy on The G&S canal, we pay river and canal licence and ‘enjoy’ a full 16 mile stretch and are now being asked to pay a premium? Really? What a debacle.

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Paul wayman
8 years ago

It's a joke

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Debbie Poulton
8 years ago

A totally unfair increase, given that widebeam boats cannot use the whole canal system

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Michael
8 years ago

Narrow boats are for narrow lock and canals ie all crt network wide beam boats are restricted to wide waterways yet still pay full price for all without compaint new licencing rule is silly and unjust

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David Timperley
8 years ago

Why should wide beams pay more when they can't use more than half the system?

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Steve Lacey
8 years ago

Can't believe they can get away with it. Personally I own a sea going craft that can only use a sixteen mile stretch, yet am facing a 20% increase.

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Martin Carrick
8 years ago

Why should widebeam be penalised. We can only use a small percentage of the system.. There was nothing wrong with the old charging system..

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Terry E Oliver
8 years ago

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