Craft Registration

All vessels (both manually propelled and power driven) that use the river between Bottisham Lock and the Mill Pond (‘Cam Conservancy Area’) must register with the Conservators. The licensing year is from 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Owners of power driven craft based on Environment Agency waters seeking to visit the Cam Conservancy Area at any time during the licensing year must purchase a Cam premium licence (Anglian Region registration + 10%) from the Agency. During the licensing year, owners of power driven craft from Environment Agency waterways which do not have a Cam premium licence must purchase a Cam annual visitor licence from the Conservancy offices. The annual visitor licence entitles the owner to up to 90 days cruising time in the Cam Conservancy Area over the course of the year. Boats visiting for a regatta should check the position with the regatta organisers. All craft must have valid insurance to complete registration and in addition, power driven craft must have a valid Boat Safety Scheme Certificate at the time of application. Vessel registrations are issued from the Conservancy offices at Baits Bite Lock.

Registration Fees For 2013-2014

with effect from 1st April 2013.

Download Registration Fees for 2012/13 (PDF)
Download conditions of usage notes (PDF)
Changes to your Boat Safety Scheme certificate (PDF)

Registration Fees For 2012-2013

with effect from 1st April 2012.

Download Registration Fees for 2012/13 (PDF)
Download registration notes (PDF)
Punt Operators Code of Practice (PDF)

PRIVATE ANNUAL REGISTRATION

Private means individuals and/or University, City, College or School rowing clubs or other corporate owners of boats
used solely by their members.

A. Manually propelled vessels
Category/ tariff class	Description of vessel	Annual fee £
Canoes/kayaks
01	Canoe up to 5 metres	41.00
02	Kayak up to 5 metres	41.00
06	Canoe over 5 metres	80.00
07	Kayak over 5 metres	80.00
Punts
10	Punt up to 1 metre beam (maximum 6 persons)	97.00
12	Punt over 1 metre but under 1.95 metres beam (maximum 13 persons) or pedalo	243.00
Rowing craft
03	Rowing dinghy or tender (no engine)	49.00
14	Tub pair	41.00
15	Scull	41.00
16	Double Scull	48.00
17	Pair	48.00
18	Four (including coxed four)	52.00
19	Eight (including coxed eight)	61.00
Miscellaneous
41	Houseboat	725.00
51	Any other vessel by agreement with the Conservators	discretionary
61	Vending punt / boat	1,881.00

Visiting boats: the full annual registration fees apply to all categories of manually propelled vessels unless you are a member of Canoe England (categories 01, 02, 06, 07 in table A, above). Note: the Conservators do not currently recognise membership of British Rowing or the British Stand Up Paddling Association in lieu of a separate registration issued by the Conservators.

B. Sailing / keel boats
Category/ tariff class	Description of vessel	Annual fee £	Annual visitor licence fee (advance purchase)1 £	Annual visitor licence fee (standard purchase)2 £
Sailing / keel boat
20	Sail under 3 metres (9 ft 11 in)	39.00	6.00	10.00
21	Sail 3 to 5 metres (9 ft 11 in to 16 ft 5 in) inclusive	64.00	10.00	17.00
22	Sail 5 to 7.5 metres (16 ft 5 in to 24 ft 8 in) inclusive	128.00	19.00	33.00
23	Sail over 7.5 metres (24 ft 8 in)	192.00	29.00	50.00

Sailcraft with auxiliary engines must register as power driven vessels, see table C below.

Visiting sailcraft must have a valid registration for the Cam. An annual visitor licence can be purchased in advance, valid for a period of up to 90 days. Advance purchase (see footnote 1) means that registration must be completed before the boat moves above Bottisham Lock into the Conservancy Area. Visiting sailcraft found navigating on Conservancy waters without a valid annual Cam visitor licence will be issued with a standard purchase licence at a higher rate (see footnote 2).

All figures rounded to the nearest pound.

¹ 15% of the equivalent annual fee
² 25% of the equivalent annual fee

C. Power driven vessels
Category/ tariff class	Description of vessel	Annual fee £	Annual visitor fee (advance purchase)3 £	Annual visitor fee (standard purchase)4 £
With engine up to 4 h.p.
30	Vessel up to 5 metres (16 ft 4.85 in)	78.00	12.00	21.00
31	Vessel over 5 metres (16 ft 4.85 in)	144.00	22.00	38.00
With engine over 4 h.p.
32	Vessel under 3 metres (9 ft 10 in)	136.00	20.00	35.00
33	Vessel 3 to 5 metres (9 ft 10 in to 16 ft 4.85 in) inclusive	277.00	42.00	72.00
34	Vessel 5 to 7.5 metres (16 ft 4.85 in to 24 ft 7.27 in) inclusive	340.00	51.00	89.00
35	Vessel 7.5 to 10 metres (24 ft 7.27 in to 32 ft 9.7 in) inclusive	440.00	66.00	115.00
36	Vessel 10 to 12.5 metres (32 ft 9.7 in to 41 ft 0.12 in) inclusive	602.00	90.00	157.00
37	Vessel 12.5 to 15 metres (41 ft 0.12 in to 49 ft 2.55 in) inclusive	774.00	116.00	202.00
38	Vessel 15 to 10 metres (49 ft 2.55 in to 65 ft 7.4 in) inclusive	868.00	130.00	226.00
39	Vessel over 20 metres (65 ft 7 in)	952.00	143.00	248.00

For houseboats (as defined in the byelaws), refer to manually propelled schedule (table A) above.

Visiting powered boats must have a valid registration for the Cam. An annual visitor licence can be purchased in advance, valid for a period of up to 90 days. Advance purchase (see footnote 3) means that registration must be completed before the boat moves above Bottisham Lock into the Conservancy Area. Visiting vessels found navigating on Conservancy waters without a valid annual visitor licence will be issued with a standard purchase licence at a higher rate (see footnote 4).

COMMERCIAL ANNUAL REGISTRATION

Commercial means vessels used for hire to the general public and for commercial gain, including University, College and other corporate owners of boats used solely by their members.

D. Manually propelled vessels
Category/ tariff class	Description of vessel	Annual fee, University, College, corporate owners for use solely by their members £	Annual fee, operators for hire to the general public £
Canoes / kayaks / rowing dinghies
01	Canoe up to 5 metres	88.00	240.00
02	Kayak up to 5 metres	88.00	240.00
06	Canoe over 5 metres	173.00	474.00
07	Kayak over 5 metres	173.00	474.00
03	Rowing dinghy	106.00	290.00
Punts
10	Hire punt up to 1 metre beam (maximum 6 persons)	209.00	595.00*
12	Hire punt over 1 metre but under 1.95 metres beam (maximum 13 persons) or pedalo	525.00	1,485.00*

For hired sailcraft, contact the Conservancy offices. *Operating from recognised punt stations only.

E. Power driven vessels

Operators based for hire to the general public above Bottisham Lock are required to pay a multiplier on the fees set out in Table C above as:

1.2 x relevant annual fee for day hire craft
1.8 x relevant annual fee for annual / long-term hire

Hire craft visiting the Conservancy Area from neighbouring waterways must purchase a combined annual visitor licence from the Environment Agency.

³ 15% of the equivalent annual fee
⁴ 25% of the equivalent annual fee

*Where the size of an engine or its presence at all is not immediately obvious, the category requiring the higher payment for the size of vessel shall be appropriate until such time as the owner provides satisfactory access for a member of the Conservators’ staff to inspect the vessel (or else satisfactory certification) and the appropriate registration category has been confirmed by the Conservators’ Control Officer.

N.B. Craft Recovery - twice the relevant registration fee for boat recovered with a minimum of £50 and subsequent storage charge 25% of the registration fee per week with a minimum of £15.00 or by agreement with the Conservators. Where a sunken boat is recovered the charge will be “at cost” with a minimum charge of £250.

Part 2
Code	Categories of Ownership	From 1st April 2012 (Multiplier)
1	Private	Fee × 1
2	University/College Boat Clubs (in respect of Part 1 categories 14-19 inclusive)	Fee × 1
3	City/School Rowing Clubs (in respect of Part 1 categories 14-19 inclusive)	Fee × 1
4	University/College or other corporate owners of boats in categories 01-12 inclusive in Part 1 for use solely by their members	Fee × 2.25
5	University/College or other corporate owners operating under Category 4 above AND/OR for hire to the general public	Fee × 5
6	Operators for hire to the general public of boats in categories 01-12 inclusive in Part 1	Fee × 5
7	Operators for hire to the general public of all other categories of boat	Fee × 5
8	Others (by agreement with the Conservators)	Various

Decimals of a penny being rounded up to the nearest 1p

Punts

I want to hire-out my punt for business. What do I need to do?

Every hire punt on the river needs to be registered annually. Registration forms are available from Baits Bite office (telephone 01223 863785). In addition to this, every hire punt operator must have Public Liability insurance in place and a declaration of insurance cover must signed upon registration. Each hire punt must also display notices regarding loading limits; these are available from the River Bailiff (telephone 07710 005277). The maximum passenger limit for a self-hire punt of 1 metre beam is 6 persons. The maximum passenger limit for a wide-beam ‘ferry’ punt (greater than 1 metre beam, up to a maximum of 1.95 metres beam) is 12 persons plus one competent punt operator. For further information, refer to the Code of Practice for Commercial Punt Operators (pdf).