Supplementary memorandum submitted by
North Cheshire Cruising Club (BW 74a)
Sir, I know that the date for submissions has
passed but another incident that illustrates how BW are not acting
as a joined up organisation came to light over the bank holiday
when we received a letter from their NW Division fundamentally
altering a boating event they had promoted in Liverpool.
The event would have brought much needed traffic
to the Liverpool end of the Leeds and Liverpool canal and a colourful
spectacle of 120 boats to Albert/ South Dock in the centre of
the city. Now for some unspecified reason the city council have
moved the venue to a minor dock away from the centre and are only
allowing 9 boats to moor. This has caused us and many of our club
members to have to fundamentally recast our cruising plans and
a substantial number of members were intending to visit us and
stay in local hotels which will now be cancelled.
Further, the requirements for the cruise required
boaters to have self inflating lifejackets and VHF Radio which
some members have already purchased which are now wasted.
We would have thought that a firm commitment
to the venue would have been an absolute prerequisite to the successful
planning of such an event and the recasting of this high profile
event at short notice is another example of the lack of sympathy
of BW management to boaters.
Dr Noel Christopher
Director North Cheshire Cruising Club for and on
behalf of the Board of NCCC
April 2007
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