NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSEA Navigation Consultation – boat registration charges proposals from 1 Jan 2022
EA have advised us as follows: We are pleased to announce that our Navigation charges consultation is now live. The consultation will be running for 8 weeks, until 16 September 2021. You will find the Navigation charges consultation page, together with all the relevant information on Citizen Space – https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/environment-and-business/nav-boat-reg-charge. We do encourage you and your […]
New mooring signs on EA Waters
We share this sign seen recently. EA are wondering why users are not very keen on their management style.
National Inland Navigation Forum (NINF) AGM & Meeting: 20th February 2021
A Zoom-based meeting of this valuable forum brought together representatives of NABO, RBOA, CBOA, DBA, TBA, HNBC, IWA, AWCC and the General Secretary, Michael Stimpson. The meeting agreed to reappoint Michael and thanked him for his valuable work over the past year. The finances were also reported on and with little expenditure on meetings, the […]
Management of Thames Moorings by Third Party Contractors
Thames Recreational Powered Boating Organisations, including the Association of Thames Yacht Clubs, the Dutch Barge Association, the Residential Boat Owners’ Association, the Thames Motor Boaters Association and NABO, have expressed their deep concern about the proposed management of Thames moorings by third party contractors and have now found it necessary to issue the following advisory […]
Thames Navigation Users Forum
The online meeting of TNUF in October was, rather like the recent NNUF meeting, yet another example of how not to use the available technology – in this case a voice-only system was used, with most users being muted until being asked if they had any queries, following the EA presentations. Those who said they […]
Response to Thames Moorings Management Proposed Signage
NABO joined with DBA (The Barge Association) and RBOA (The Residential Boat Owners Association) in the following submission to EA in response to the request for comment on the proposed signage to appear at EA’s Thames short term mooring sites. “Thank you for a last minute opportunity to comment on the intended signage and the […]
National Inland Navigation Forum (NINF) meeting: 17th October 2020
A Zoom-based meeting of this valuable forum brought together representatives of NABO, RBOA, CBOA, DBA,TBA, HNBC and the General Secretary, Michael Stimpson. As always, the meeting gave us an opportunity to share our views on a number of key issues. Being largely London focused, the first discussion related to CRT’s request for input on the […]
Thames Navigation Users Forum: 20 October 2020
This online meeting of TNUF was, rather like the recent NNUF (previously reported on), yet another example of how not to use the available technology – in this case a voice only system was used, with most users being muted until being asked if they had any queries following EA presentations. Those who said they […]
National Navigation Users Forum 6 October 2020
This online meeting of NNUF proved to be somewhat difficult as only a few of the attendees were able to make full use of the available video conference tools. Most attendees were limited to a phone-in link with only a few of the 30+ attendees being able to sign into the full conference facilities. (I […]
Hammersmith Bridge closed to navigation.
In August, the foot and cycle access over the bridge was closed after the summer heat wave made cracks in the cast iron supports deteriorate. Because the risk is of sudden collapse, all navigation on the Thames is closed under the bridge as well. The 133-year-old cast iron suspension bridge in west London was […]
