15 Different Boat Licence's Available.

I am continually surprised at the different kind of boat licence offerings that are currently available. These licences are apparently available to almost everyone. However, you will have to look around on the various forums to get factual insider information on the different licence types. I have garnered most of the information from the Canal World Forum - A place where information can be manipulated to meet your needs.

The one thing about the Inland Waterways Boat Licence system is that it does not in any way follow the normal licencing methods employed elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

1. There is the Boat Licence - A must have for the vast majority of boat owners. Currently the most expensive option.
2. There is the Invisible Licence for Boats - A must not have for a minority of boat owners. Not to be confused with the Invisible Boat licence. Currently the cheapest boat licence option.
3. There is the Boat Licence Plus - A must have for a significant majority of boat owners. But there is an extra charge to moor your boat in the same place in a marina for periods of more than fourteen days. Currently an extra expensive option.
4. There is the Constant Cruising Licence - For boat owners who constantly cruise. Which is a must have for the vast majority of boat owners who constantly cruise. 
5. There is the Constant Cruising Licence Minus - For boat owners who constantly cruise between two alternate sites a short distance apart on a regular fourteen day schedule.
6. There is the Constant Mooring Licence - Like the Constant cruising licence but without the need for an alternative site. Not to be confused with the Boat Licence Plus.
7. There is the Bridge Hopper Licence - Like a Constant Mooring Licence but with occasional visit to the nearest road bridge to collect your Tesco delivery.
8. There is the Lock Mooring Licence - Like a standard Boat Licence. However you can moor on lock landings for extended periods not exceeding 365 days in a calendar year. The boat remains invisible to the enforcement team. 
9. There is the Water Point Licence - Like a standard Boat Licence.  However you can moor on a water point for extended periods not exceeding 365 days in a calendar year. The boat remains invisible to the enforcement team. 
10. There is the Sanitary Station Licence - Like a standard Boat Licence.  However you can moor on a pumpout point for extended periods not exceeding 365 days in a calendar year. The boat remains invisible to the enforcement team. 
11. There is the Winding Hole Licence - Like a standard Boat Licence.  However you can moor in a winding hole for extended periods not exceeding 365 days in a calendar year. The boat remains invisible to the enforcement team. 
12. There is the Invisible Boat Licence - Like a standard Boat Licence.  Not to be confused with the invisible Licence for Boats. However the boat remains invisible to the enforcement team. However you can moor anywhere for any period in time.
13. There is the IWA Boat Snoopers Licence - For peeping tom perverts just released on licence.
14. There is the Welching Licence - For people to make outlandish claims about misuse of the inland waterways that cannot be supported by the slightest hint of evidence. (Restricted to CaRT/IWA trustees)
15. There is the Doppelgänger Boat Licence - Where the enforcement team can record a boat that is not there and miss the boat in the place where it really is.

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