Thinking of renting a boat?

Across social media and the waterways press there are regular articles and requests from those looking to ‘rent’ a boat to live on or use as overnight accommodation. In urban areas living on a boat is often not a lifestyle choice about going boating, but a desire for cheap accommodation in a defined area. There […]

BSS issue a warning on the perils of CO

The Boat Safety Scheme have today issued a warning on the dangers of carbon monoxide on boats. It reads as follows: NR 001.17 Ignore petrol-engine exhaust fumes inside boats at your peril – it’s indicating your boat may be filling with carbon monoxide 11 May 2017 If you can smell petrol-engine exhaust fumes inside your […]

MAIB report on Broads CO deaths is published

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) have today released their long awaited report on the deaths of boaters on their craft ‘Love for Lydia’. The synopsis of the report reads: Between 7 and 9 June 2016, the two occupants of the motor cruiser Love for Lydia died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The boat was moored […]

Avoid Market Drayton in mid-August

Avoid Market Drayton in mid-August 500 anglers are expected to line a 15-mile stretch of the Shropshire Union towpath at Market Drayton on Saturday 19th August for the Angling Trust Division One National Championship. There will be 50 teams, each having ten anglers, and about a dozen practice events during the week before.

Reservoir levels

Reservoir levels As summer approaches, the number of boat movements increases, as does the drawdown on reservoirs. The mix of dry sunny spells and wet periods during March meant that overall rainfall was near average for the month. However, there were regional variations, and the north-west had over 140% of long-term average (LTA) rainfall, but […]

Can you help NABO?

Can you help NABO? Here at NABO News, I would welcome some more help from members: do you have skills as a cartoonist or a crossword compiler? Would you be able to spend a couple of hours, six times a year, to summarise what was happening ten years ago from old copies of NABO News, […]

In the Chair, June 2017

In the Chair Don’t rush – explore the places where you moor NABO Chair, Stella Ridgway says make the most of your overnight stays This is a shortened column this month and I have not been able to attend many meetings, so others have stepped into my place. We are still well-represented within CRT and […]