Got to say that I am quite, if not completely, satisfied with the BA's mooring policy. They have upset at least one reputable landowner and lost an opportunity or two but that's old hat now. I am not convinced that it is for the BA to supply a plethora of moorings. Due to the flood alleviation scheme we have lost numerous informal moorings, no fault of the BA. In the past lots of small boatyards had a scheme where boats from other hire yards were welcome to moor. Now with fewer, and much larger yards, there are scores, if not hundreds of hireboats clamouring to moor at non yard moorings. On top of that we have pressure on what moorings we have by boat owners with arguably greater expectations of what a mooring should offer than is reasonable, e.g. space. I'm more inclined to blame the Gt British public rather than the BA on this one. Take Oulton Broad as an example, at one time there were more than fifteen hire yards there, probably providing a hundred plus moorings for hire boats, all gone now, no fault of the Authority. The Authority is due some pretty hard hitting criticism but not on this topic, in my opinion of course!