MOORING at ‘the wrong places' isn't confined to Alrewas. It happens across the network, writes Jimmy Lockwood.
If the ‘culprit' is a hire boat then the recourse is not to blame the skipper but complain to the hire company. Clearly the latter have not ensured that their instructions have been understood by the hirer. They will get fed up with a string of similar calls.
Has the recourse
Who grant the licence to the hire company to operate their craft on the canal? Yes, you've guessed it our friends at CaRT. So CaRT has a recourse which is to reduce the number of licences of the hire company.
Its grounds for so doing are that the hirers are not being given suitable instruction on mooring signs before they hire.
'Local remedies'
Of course there are ‘local' remedies that each of us can use! At a lock landing moor breasted up. The errant boat crew will soon get fed up with other crews clambering across their craft.
With unoccupied craft I suggest moving (not difficult) the craft off the water point/landing to another location nearby (off-side bank?) which is clearly less attractive.
They will get the message!