Having agreed a four-year plan for mooring fees, the Guernsey Boat Owners Association has warned that its fight continues to ensure affordability for leisure boaters.
At the GBA’s recent AGM it was confirmed that mooring fees increases will be tied to the Guernsey Retail Price Index for the next four years at least.
The fees for 2027, ’28, and ’29 will increase by GRPI plus 1.5% each year.
It was also agreed that from 2030 any increase in mooring fees will be geared to local inflation rates.
Nick Guillemette, the GBA’s Chairman said: “This plan is similar to the mooring fee plan operating in Jersey which I discovered last year during conversations with our counterparts in the Jersey Boat Owners Association.”
He told members he hopes this will help many be able to afford to continue leisure boating.
“This will hopefully go some way to calming down your growing concerns and enable you to decide whether you can afford to continue enjoying leisure boating,” he said, adding the that next hurdle to overcome relies on what the States decides to do about GST next year.
“Of course, if the States agree to introduce GST over this period, this will be on top of our agreed rises. And that would be disastrous for all concerned,” he said.