January 2019
Abandoned Boat Action
02/01/19
The Club has recently had to take action regarding a motor boat which appears to have been abandoned on one of our moorings. The boat has no identifying name or mark and no SSRI number and a 'round robin' to members has not revealed the owner.
Your Committee has applied the recently adopted ‘Abandoned Boat Policy’ and has attached a notice to an offending boat demanding that the owner contacts Club forthwith.
Unauthorised occupation of our moorings prevents us from allocating the position to a member and deprives the Club of income. However we are constrained in the actions that we can take by the Torts Act 1977.
Your Committee has applied the recently adopted ‘Abandoned Boat Policy’ and has attached a notice to an offending boat demanding that the owner contacts Club forthwith.
Unauthorised occupation of our moorings prevents us from allocating the position to a member and deprives the Club of income. However we are constrained in the actions that we can take by the Torts Act 1977.