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Mooring Rules

Company Number 4098553

LOSS OF LEASE WILL OCCUR IF THE FOLLOWING BYE-LAWS ARE NOT OBSERVED.

 

MOORING RULES and BYE-LAWS (Amended June 1990)

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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on acceptance the member shall he required to pay a deposit which shall be non-returnable should the application be withdrawn, otherwise it will be deducted from the first permanent mooring bill.

 

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4.             Any member letting his Club membership lapse is automatically removed from the mooring waiting list or forfeits his mooring.

 

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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.

 

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6.             Every member berthing should own, or have immediate access to, a tender, to be able to tend his berthed craft in an emergency.

 

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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.

 

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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.

                

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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.

 

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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.

 

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11.            No boat owner is allowed to change moorings, or double moor, without the permission of the Moorings Officer.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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16.            A guest / visitor mooring will be made available if at all possible, with no charge up to 4 weeks.

 

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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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