NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSRiver Thames Alliance closed down
River Thames Alliance closed down The directors of RTA Co. Ltd. held a board meeting on 19th December and agreed to cease trading and wind up the company. This followed the AGM in October, which set up an independent Review Task Group to consider all aspects of the objectives, management and governance of the company […]
‘Trust Aware’ permits
Following feedback from a series of meetings held with disabled boaters over the last year, CRT will now provide ‘Trust Aware’ permits to boaters who have been given reasonable adjustments to their cruising requirements under the Equality Act 2010. On a case-by-case basis, this could involve overstays on visitor or towpath moorings or adjusting their cruising […]
CRT Offside cutting winter 2019/20
CRT have said that they are starting a winter tree and hedge manangement programme. They say that the works will focus on preserving navigation and ensuring sightlines are kept clear, rather than cutting back every metre of overgrowth. We actively manages vegetation all year round, but large-scale activities are best suited to winter when the […]
More on CO
David Fletcher requests help from members for some new research. Last time, I talked about the new BSS requirements for carbon monoxide alarms and the issues with ventilation. I explained that there is a good deal that we do not understand about ventilation and air changes in boat cabins. A major new study is planned […]
CRT Council Elections
The Council is responsible for the appointment of trustees, helping to shape policies and providing guidance and perspective to trustees. Election of 28 new Council members is now underway. Candidates and their manifestos were published on 25th November and licence holders will receive an email link to enable them to vote from 20th January to […]
NABO News 2019
Nabo News – Issue 6 of 2019: 4 Editorial 5 In the Chair: Report to the AGM 7 Fly on the wall 8 Around the Regions 10 Membership issues 11 News: CRT Council elections, CRT Council manifesto 12 NABO responds to Network Rail consultation 13 More on CO 14 CRT open days 15 CRT improves […]
CRT Boat Licence costs for 2020-21
The Canal & River Trust has announced that headline private and business boat licence fees will rise by 2.5% from 1 April 2020. As previously announced, in March 2018, following the Trust’s national boat licence consultation, a number of changes will be made to licence fees over five years. From 1 April 2020, a 2.5% […]
Meeting of Thames Navigation Users Forum (TNUF)
On Tuesday 29th October 2019 I represented NABO at the well-attended meeting of the above Forum which brings together representatives of a wide cross section of users of the Thames, largely through the 8 River User Groups (the RUGs) and representative user groups, together with relevant EA personnel. Chaired by EA’s Thames Waterways Director, Julia […]
EA’s Strategic Review of Navigation Charges Customer Workshop
On Monday 21st October Mike Rodd represented NABO at the first of a series of workshops run by the EA to get input from users before finalising charging proposals for consultation in spring 2020. The aim of the exercise is to simplify the charging, introduce consistency (where possible) across EA’s waterways and (of special interest […]
River Thames Alliance 2019 AGM
This was held yesterday, 10th October 2019, at the Henley River and Rowing Museum. The first issue was the approval of the proposed RTA Annual Report for the previous year. It was felt, however, that this concentrated too much on the problems RTA had been experiencing and failed to highlight some of the positive work […]
