John Blaskhliw Commodore.
We have now 20 safety ladders fitted to the end of mooring stagings and another 10 have now been made that will be fitted at our next working party. We also have plans to put bank side safety ladders on the piling that are not fixed but can be moved to another location when required.
At going to press we only have a couple of narrow beam vacancies on the club. This year we interviewed 17 people
so we will be establishing a waiting list. That’ s great news, now we are almost a full club. At the beginning of last year, we had 16 empty spaces.
As a last note. Dave Beresford, our local volunteer lock keeper has informed me that Sawley Lock will be manned 7 days a week from the 14 th of April 2017 for the season. So happy boating in the coming year.
John Blaskhliw Commodore.
Cloned Boat.
Amember of Stoke on Trent Boat club was recently asked by
C & RT if he had sold his boat as it had been seen unlicensed by an enforcement officer in London.
His boat was sitting on its home mooring on the Caldon Canal. The boat in London had the same registration number and name. Not an unusual occurrence, licence evasion being the objective. This scam is now much harder with nationwide boat checkers and a computerised database.
Do watch out for someone claiming to have a mooring at your club to avoid being treated as a culprit. Again now much harder and probably pointless as those with moorings must abide by Club Rules whilst away from the mooring.
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