I'm fairly new to boating type stuff, messed about with inflatable canoes
for a few years, starting with a cheapo one made of recycles supermarket
carrier bags (or so it seemed when we went over a submerged branch) to our
current re-inforced bottom, fabric upper, seperate air chamber design
kyak.
But i want to do more exploring without so much physical effort (have a
tiny
electric motor for the kyak, but it's so low powered that the slightest
current sends us backwards)
So i'm looking into getting a small RIB, not sure of exact size yet,
something the size people use for tenders, enough room for 2 adults and a
dog.
The outboard i will prolly go for about a 3 or 4 hp motor, we're not
interested in roaring around annoying everyone, we just want enough power
to
handle mild currents, and propel us at a leisurley pace,
Now i understand that any motor boat needs to be registered, what's
involved
in this, who do you register it with, how much etc,
And is there a nationwide registration thing for '****table' boats, we have
a
motorhome, and will be de-flating the boat for storage, but we alsmot
alway
seek out a camping spot near a river, canal or lake, hence why we got the
kyak in the first place.
Or do you need to get some tem****ary registration thing for each water way
you visit? even if it's only for a couple of hour pootle about to see
what's
around the next bend,
I think places like lake windermere, the norfolk borads etc charge a
'toll'
for going on their waters, is that applicable everywhere?
All we want to do is park up near a bit of water, and if the weathers
decent, blow the boat up, attatch the outboard, and go for a little pootle
about.
Now.. to make matters more complicated, we do a lot of traveling around
europe, whats the situation for using an english registered small motor
boat
there? france, germany, switzerland and belgium mainly,
On our 2006 euro tour, we were told off by the lake luzern (Switzerland)
water police for using our kyak with it's electric motor on the lake, they
never said we needed to register it or anything like that, just said we
couldent use the motor on that boat on that lake, and paddeling of boats
isnt allowed outside the swimming area!!!
Cheers for any help,
Gazz
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