Cleaner, better boating?
The Editor’s Column Editor John Sadler It was great news to hear about the Better Boating plan. At last we thought, CRT is going to fulfil its remit as a…
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May 6, 2025
The things that are, and have been, the important issues for boaters
Morso water heater recall
Please see this text below that we have reciewed from Morso. See also their release Notice Not to Use Safety Warning (Version 3) We are writing to inform you of…
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May 2, 2025
Licence fee increase
Licence fee increase Following an announcement by CRT that private licence fees will increase by 4% in October, following a similar increase in April this year, NABO’s Anne Husar wrote…
March 25, 2025
Catastrophe or hyperbole?
Chair Anne writes in NABO News. As I type this, the ice that has held the canal here and everywhere else going by your pictures, is finally thawing, damaging storms…
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February 23, 2025
Democracy for liveaboard boaters?
Editor John Sadler writes: Traditionally it’s the time of year for reviewing the past and anticipating the future. While the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution were the headlines of…
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February 23, 2025
A winter of not-somuch discontent
NN Editor John Sadler speaks The ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ has rapidly given way to winter, hopefully not of discontent. Meetings have recently taken place at which the…
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December 9, 2024
CRT plans for better boating
Notes from Anne Husar As this will be my last chair’s column for 2024, it’s so good to be able to finish on what looks to be a high note.…
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December 8, 2024
Summer is a goin’ out
Chair Anne Husar writes And there went summer. Although it might have felt unremittingly cool and wet, according to the Met Office, neither temperature nor rainfall were anything other than…
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October 7, 2024
Autumnal musings
Editor John Sadler writes: The ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ has descended rapidly this year, just in time to welcome us to our home mooring. As ever, there’s a…
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October 7, 2024
Voices for change
Expressions of dissatisfaction have featured heavily this month. The change of government brought about by the General Election may be the most momentous statement of this. A new government…
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August 4, 2024