CRT Licence.................................... 856-70
Insurance.......................................... 232-64
RCR Bronze..................................... 126-00
Insurance for Severn transit............. 30-00
Severn Pilotage................................ 190-00
Bristol licence.................................. 29-75
Thames licence for 2 days............... 39-00
Total £1504-09 2014 Total £1157-57
Our licence was £23 more this year and the insurance was £34 more but we had made a claim the previous year. However the main increase was for the insurance and pilotage for our trip out on to the Severn Estuary from Sharpness to Bristol. However I had already made a study of the costs of transiting the Kennet and Avon one way from Bristol rather than a there and back trip from Reading. My conclusion was that there is nothing in it as although you have the extra costs of insurance and pilotage, plus a lay over in Portishead (see mooring costs later) the extra fuel used in doing the length of the canal again almost comes to the same. That obviously depends on your engine, the cost of the fuel etc etc. However just for the experience of such a fantastic day it was well worth any extra money anyway.
Insurance.......................................... 232-64
RCR Bronze..................................... 126-00
Insurance for Severn transit............. 30-00
Severn Pilotage................................ 190-00
Bristol licence.................................. 29-75
Thames licence for 2 days............... 39-00
Total £1504-09 2014 Total £1157-57
Our licence was £23 more this year and the insurance was £34 more but we had made a claim the previous year. However the main increase was for the insurance and pilotage for our trip out on to the Severn Estuary from Sharpness to Bristol. However I had already made a study of the costs of transiting the Kennet and Avon one way from Bristol rather than a there and back trip from Reading. My conclusion was that there is nothing in it as although you have the extra costs of insurance and pilotage, plus a lay over in Portishead (see mooring costs later) the extra fuel used in doing the length of the canal again almost comes to the same. That obviously depends on your engine, the cost of the fuel etc etc. However just for the experience of such a fantastic day it was well worth any extra money anyway.
We certainly wouldn't have been in a position to take this photo of the Balmoral under the Avon Gorge Bridge if we hadn't come via the Severn. It was certainly one of the highlights of this years cruise.
Our short cruise on the Thames to get to Oxford and back on to the canal system certainly has whetted out appetite for having a good poke about on the Thames etc next year.
On a Thames lock cottage wall.
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