NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSBoaters on EA waterways facing massive increases.
Boaters on waters controlled by the Environment Agency (EA) are facing well above inflation increases in boat registration fees. The EA are consulting their boating customers and other interested and affected parties on proposals for boat registration charges on Environment Agency waterways for 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021. The charging proposals they are […]
Choose the right CO alarm – or die!
Following media reports this June about non-working imported carbon monoxide (CO) alarms sold on internet shopping sites, the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) is cautioning boaters, that choosing the right CO alarm is an especially critical decision as boats can fill in minutes, sometimes seconds, with lethal levels of the highly toxic gas.
NABO and GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new EU law that will come into effect on 25 May 2018, to replace the current Data Protection Act. It’s the biggest overhaul of data protection legislation for over 25 years and it will introduce new requirements for how organisations process personal data. It means that we […]
Crime prevention
Crime prevention The Regents Canal and surrounding area is experiencing increased robberies and burglaries and the Bow West Safer Neighbourhood Team, CRT and the Metropolitan Police have issued the following advice to boaters, which is applicable in any urban area: Don’t make your boat attractive to thieves Thieves are always on the lookout for easy […]
Popular locks
Popular locks CRT has released its annual boat movement report for 2017, which shows that the South East, North Wales & Borders and the West Midlands waterways remain the most popular cruising areas. The total recorded lockage in 2017 was 2.6% lower than in 2016, with the busiest site at the paired locks at Hillmorton […]
Powerful Message about CO Risks
Put bluntly, if you can smell petrol-engine exhaust fumes in the boat, kill the engine(s) and get out fast before you inhale any further toxic fumes! A major carbon monoxide (CO) risk comes from either big inboard petrol-engines producing lethal volumes of the highly poisonous gas in seconds, or from outboards and other portable engines […]
Canal and River Trust Council Meeting March 2018
The following is my report – I have used some notes from Andy Tidy’s report (mostly the finances as he explains it better than I could) As these are my recollections from notes they are not designed as an exact record and are not minutes. Therefore , they should not be accepted as such. We […]
CRT annouce private boat license changes.
CRT have just announced the outocme of the long consulation on licensing. The headline changes, to be phased in over five years from April 2019, are that:
NABO comments on the Middle Level Bill
NABO has sent the following to the Private Bill Office in the Lords: We are advised that a debate on the Report Stage for the Middle Level Bill has now been scheduled for Wed 28th February. We note also that the Third Reading may also take place that day, and if it passes, the Bill […]
NABO News 2018
Nabo News – Issue 6 of 2018: 4 Editorial 5 In the Chair 6 Fly on the wall 7 New NABO Council. 8 Membership and web issues. 9 Around the regions: North West 10 EA registration charge increase, New Leeds wharf. 11 And at CRT 12 CRT annual public meeting. 14 More reorganisation 15 Middle […]
