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 […]
Editorial June 2017
Editorial When is shared ownership not shared ownership? Editor Peter Fellows considers licences for rented, shared and time-share boats
CRT review of boat licensing
CRT has begun the first phase of its three-stage consultation on how boats are licensed on its waterways, using the independent charity specialising in public engagement, Involve. In stage one; representatives of the main boating organisations are being interviewed to find their views on how the consultation should work and what it should cover. In the […]
NINF AGM 2017
The National Inland Navigation Forum (NINF) met at the St. Pancras Cruising Club on 25th February, with eight of its eleven member organisations represented. This forum continues to be a useful meeting point, bringing together navigation bodies involved in the waterways. The General Secretary, Michael Stimpson, reported that the forum’s finances were sound and he […]
In the Chair April 2017
‘Bring Out Another Thousand’ NABO Chair Stella Ridgway gets ready for some springtime maintenance Spring has finally sprung here in the Peak District: the birds are busy building nests; the wild garlic is sprouting; lambs are being born and the ducks and geese are mating loudly. My daffodils opened this week, the sun shone, and […]
NABO News April 2017 Editorial
Editorial From dark arts, via 100 feet-wide locks, to volunteer lock-keepers Editor Peter Fellows introduces a packed issue We emerged from hibernation in March and a group took our shared narrowboat out for the first time this year, to introduce a new shareholding family to the joys of the cut. Although it was a […]
‘Peer-to-peer’ boat rentals
‘Peer-to-peer’ boat rentals Mark Tizard examines some of the implications of CRT’s proposed new licence category currently under review. In recent years, it has become increasingly common to read of boats available to rent in Central London and on the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the practice is spreading to other areas. Yet, to obtain […]
In the Chair February 2017
Home comforts NABO Chair Stella Ridgway offers some tips for liveaboards I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. We certainly did, as my eldest daughter surprised me by arriving from New Zealand for an extended visit on Christmas Eve. As you can imagine when you are surprised like that, there were many tears, hugs and […]
Editorial February 2017
Consultation and funding – a lack of both for some Editor Peter Fellows compares navigation authorities Following the complaints throughout last year over lack of vegetation management on the South Oxford Canal, it is good to see that CRT is spending the winter putting the situation right. And it is also good that CRT is […]
