@mlanger @PKYo
Bobbing Boat doesn't tell the whole story of #UK #canal #boat #licencing. It's not just length, there are different rates for private boats and hire boats. And I forget the arrangements for continuously cruising #liveaboard #boaters.

I recall that the boats I owned a 1/12th shared in were classed as a #hireboat, although, typically, such boats cruised for about 48 weeks a year, while a typical holiday hire boat only cruises about 36 weeks a year, which is why I can understand the thought that length should not be the sole criteria.

It's different again on the #NorfolkBroads. Licencing is on the basis of area (length x beam) and there are multiple classes with the biggest discounts for #yachts, smaller ones for auxiliary yachts, electric powered craft and so on. Not to mention different rates for hire boats.

And just don't ask about the UK's Boat Safety Scheme! #BSS

@JugglingWithEggs
What took you so long?
I've been visiting on and off since the early 1960s.
Find out more at
https://gregafloat.org.uk

#boating #boatsThatToot #norfolkbroads

@iolaire
Reminds me of a picture I took back in June 2006 on #Norfolk #England's #HicklingBroad.

It was part of a sequence that accompanied an article in published in the magazine "Norfolk Afloat" that covered the Open Canoe #Sailing Group's visit to the #NorfolkBroads

Check out:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/broads/2006ocsg.php

#nationalpark #canoe #boating

@mlanger @PKYo @pthane @PublicWolf

There's a report with more details at:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=839140441777288&set=a.313422657682405

#norfolkbroads #norfolk #uk #rivers