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LOSS
OF LEASE WILL OCCUR IF THE FOLLOWING BYE-LAWS ARE NOT OBSERVED.
MOORING
RULES and BYE-LAWS (Amended June 1990)
 | 1.
All
moorings are the property of the Club and are leased to members by arrangement
with the committee whose decision on allocation is final but without prejudice
to the members constitutional right of appeal, all applications
should be made to the Moorings Officer with the necessary fees. |
 | 2. No
mooring may be sub-let or loaned by a member, any disputes involving members
over mooring rights to be left to the discretion of
the committee, any member relinquishing a mooring forfeits all licence and
rental fees already paid, which are not transferable. |
 | 3. Any
member who wishes his name to be added to the moorings waiting list, must have
a minimum of 3 months membership to the Club, application should he made in
writing to the committee giving the necessary particulars (form available), on
acceptance the member shall he required to pay a deposit which shall be
non-returnable should the application be withdrawn, otherwise it will be
deducted from the first permanent mooring bill. |
 | 4. Any
member letting his Club membership lapse is automatically removed from the
mooring waiting list or forfeits his mooring. |
 | 5. Any
member taking his boat off Club Moorings for more than 30 days, must notify
the Committee in writing, and should inform the same 21 days in advance of his
return. At the discretion of the
Committee the mooring may be sub-let on a temporary basis.
In this case the Committee will retain the double fee for the use of
the berth. |
 | 6. Every
member berthing should own, or have immediate access to, a tender, to be able
to tend his berthed craft in an emergency. |
 | 7. Life
jackets should be worn by all persons of less than 14 years of age whilst on
deck, at, or in the vicinity of, the Club moorings. |
 | 8. The
Club has the right to move a members boat in an emergency or to carry out
urgent mooring work, when possible the Club will inform the boat owner prior
to moving his boat. |
 | 9.
All
craft on Club moorings should have a minimum of third party insurance,
evidence should be made available to the Moorings Officer of the T.H.P.A.
registration and licence that is required, and craft not so registered may not
be used on the river except to be taken to the Harbour Office for such
registration. |
 | 10.
Any boat on a Club mooring without insurance, the boat owner
is responsible for any damage, claim or disputes involved through accident or any
emergency, any costs or claims, liability rests with the boat owner, the boat owner
must sign to abide by these rules on his application form. |
 | 11.
No boat owner is allowed to change moorings, or double moor, without
the permission of the Moorings Officer. |
 | 12.
Boats on moorings must be regularly attended, inspected and maintained
by their owners, and any system adopted by the club to ensure boat owners
compliance with this rule must be followed. |
 | 13. In
the view of the committee, if
a member should be inconsiderate in the use of mooring facilities towards
another member, or other user of the river, or
should act in any way such as to be a hazard to others, then the Committee
may required the member to relinquish the berth within 21 days and loose the
balance of any fee paid. |
 | 14. If
it is deemed by the Moorings Officer and Committee that a boats moorings has
dragged as a direct result of that boat owners negligence, then that owner
will be charged £10 (or any sun decided upon by the Committee
for each mooring which has to be repositioned by the Moorings Officer. |
 | 15. The
moorings year starts on the 1st April with three months free winter storage if
required in Jan, Feb, March, mooring fees are for full year or part, payable
to the month, e.g.:- member taking a mooring 1st Oct will pay for 6 months. |
 | 16.
A
guest / visitor mooring will be made available if at all possible, with no
charge up to 4 weeks. |
 | 17.
If
at any time any mooring fees payable to the club by any member or former
member shall be three months or more in arrears. |
(a) The committee shall be entitled to move the
boat to another part of the premises, without being liable for any loss of, or damage to the
boat howsoever caused.
(b)
The Committee shall be entitled upon giving one
months notice in writing to the member or former member, at his last known address shown in
the register of members, to sell the boat and to deduct any monies due to
the club (whether by way of arrears of subscriptions or mooring fees
or otherwise) from the net proceeds of sale before accounting for the
balance (if any) to the member or former member.
(c) Alternatively any boat
which in the opinion of the Committee cannot be sold, may, upon such notice as aforesaid, be disposed of in any manner
the Committee may think fit and
the expenses recovered from the member or former member. Any arrears
as aforesaid shall be deemed to be a debt owing to the club by the member or former member.
Further the club shall, at all times, have a lien over members' or
former members' boats parked or moored on the clubs premises or club
moorings in respect of all monies due to the club, whether in respect of arrears
or mooring fees or subscriptions or otherwise.
LOSS
OF LEASE WILL OCCUR IF THE ABOVE RULES ARE NOT OBSERVED.
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