The Ravensbourne Boating Club will not illegally use facilities as threatened, but will lobby governing bodies until a historical land-ownership issue is resolved.
The club's commodore, Warwick Graham, last week said it would begin using its shower facilities, and potentially its toilets, despite having no proper sewerage system.
The comments came after years of dispute over who owns the land the club sits on. Because of the uncertainty, it has not been able to install a sewerage system.
After Mr Graham made the comments last week, he was visited by Otago Regional Council inspectors, he said.
The club would not use the facilities, but the threat ``certainly stirred things up'', he said.
He had trouble in the past getting responses from the council, but he was now dealing with a different staff member.
``I've got to just keep chasing them up. I've got another guy to chase up now. I'll ring him every week instead.''
The Dunedin City Council agreed to supply the club with a portable toilet for another season,
but the club would still not be able to use showers and some kitchen facilities, he said.
The Otago Regional Council has said it does not own the land, but has been working to resolve the issue with Port Otago.
Port Otago chief executive Kevin Winders said it had been doing a lot of work behind the scenes.
``Unfortunately, it's taken a while to get the right parties at the table.''
There would be a meeting next week with relevant parties which would hopefully bring them closer to a solution, he said.
``Our lawyers and the ORC are working to make sure we all agree on the right process of getting that into the right hands.
``We want to transfer ownership to the boating club. We've been a big player in this, but ultimately it's not our land. We're just trying to help the boating club out.''
This would either be through a lease or ownership by the boating club. After that, how long regulatory authorities took to action the decision would be another matter, Mr Winders said.
The club has been fighting to install a sewerage system for more than six years
but has run into red tape as the land it is on has been in limbo since the disestablishment of the Otago Harbour Board in 1989.
