NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSWhat is the future for the Weaver offices and yards at Northwich?
CRT own Navigation Yard in Northwich and have now offered it for sale. The site has been the center for the management and maintenance of the Weaver navigation since the river was developed for coastal craft. Prior to Covid, CRT used the offices as part of the NW region. NABO members have attended many meetings […]
BW and CRT licence terms library
We are putting together a reference page for these terms. We will work to add what we have. If you have an additional one, please send us a pdf file and we will add it in. BW terms 1996 BW terms 1997 BW terms 2004 BW terms 2008 CRT terms 2015 CRT terms 2020 CRT […]
Wales and the South West
Wales and the South West On 20th October, I attended the CRT Wales User Forum, with six other users and three CRT folk, but unfortunately the Regional Director, Mark Evans, was down with another dose of Covid! Most of the meeting was taken up with long presentations about all the wonderful things CRT and others […]
Anderton update
Anderton update Work on the hydraulic cylinders of the Anderton Boat Lift will start in mid-November. The caissons will be detached from the hydraulic rams and propped up to allow the 20-year-old cylinder seals to be replaced. The ceramic rams will be re-polished and 12,000 litres of hydraulic oil will be changed. The […]
Welfare report
Welfare report Ken Hylins summarises his work for NABO over the last year. This year has been a busy one for me: I have been contacted for help on several occasions, be it for advice or to actually get involved to resolve boaters’ issues and concerns. There has been a common theme to all of […]
CRT announce another hike in licence fees
CRT have today announced a further hike in licence fees to take place from April 2023. This a is a 9% hike and folows the increase in October making 13% by their own figures. You can read the text here Apparently they think we are made of money. No consulation of course.
So it’s goodbye from me and …..
So it’s goodbye from me and ….. After 12 years Peter Fellows hands on the baton of editorship. Another varied set of articles to end the year, with Helen Hutt describing her trip to the Medway on the 75-year old paddle steamer, Waverley, and my article on the unbelievable attitude of a local council towards […]
Meeting of the APPGW
Meeting of the APPGW Anne Husar listened in to a presentation to MPs from Richard Parry. A few observations of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways’ meeting in October: there were no MPs taking part in the Zoom meeting, apart from the Chair, Michael Fabricant. One participant, Sir Robert Atkins, therefore regarded the whole […]
A busy year for the Association and an uncertain future for the waterways.
Annual Report 2022 A busy year for the Association and an uncertain future for the waterways. Mike Rodd addresses the AGM. There is a vital role for NABO in these times, when the continuing state funding of both CRT and the EA is coming up for review – right in the midst of a totally […]
TMBA Thames Boaters Survey 2022
The TMBA Non Tidal Thames Motor Boaters Survey 2022 is now online – http://www.tmba.org.uk/machform/view.php?id=19138 All Motor Boaters based on, or visiting, the Environment Agency managed non tidal Thames during 2022 are invited to participate in this survey which will remain open until 31st December. Summary results will be published on the TMBA website in January […]
