NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSCouncil minutes archive
Here are the scanned records of the Council meeting minutes. These are confidential to members and are not intended for publication. Members are required to keep them, and any statements within as privileged information, and may not use it or quote it elsewhere. 2023 January March April June October November 2022 January March April June […]
Death of Trevor Rogers
We are very sorry to report that after a long period of illness, Trevor (known to his close friends as “Trig”) passed away peacefully on Wednesday 4th October 2017, aged 65 years. Trevor was an active member of NABO since 1998. Trevor’s gift to NABO was a fine mind.
EA publishes summary of consultation responses to proposed Navigation charges 2018/19
We’d firstly like to thank those who responded to our recent consultation on our proposed charge increase for 2018/19. We had a reasonable number of responses from a good cross section of representatives from the four stakeholder groups. Many of you gave very detailed and considered responses which we very much value. We have now […]
Future of Crofton Beam Engines secured thanks to National Lottery Grant
The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust is delighted to announce that it has been awarded more than £½m of National Lottery funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as the major contribution to an £845,000 project to secure the future of the steam driven Crofton Beam Engines, located at Crofton near Marlborough in Wiltshire. Thanks […]
Winter moorings
Winter moorings CRT’s winter moorings will be available from 1st November to 16th March 2018, finishing ahead of the Easter holidays. Boaters will be able to book the sites in increments of one month, or two weeks in March 2018. The moorings are divided into four price bands according to each site’s location and facilities, with […]
EA’s National Navigation Users Forum (NNUF) meeting: 26th July 2017.
Mike Rodd represented NABO at this biannual meeting which was, as usual, well attended by most of the boating organisations which cover the EA navigations. As usual, the preparatory work was exemplary and the meeting was very well chaired by EA Board member Peter Ainsworth, with his focus of making sure all delegates have every […]
New Boater Liaison Group on the Mon & Brec
The first meeting of this group was held on the 12th July 2017 at Llangattock. This innovative development was the brainchild of the CRT Waterways Manager Nick Worthington and greatly welcomed by all boaters on the canal.
More bikes for Manchester’s towpaths?
More bikes for Manchester’s towpaths? One of China’s largest ‘dockless bike-share’ companies, Mobike, which operates 5 million bikes in China, has announced that it will launch their introduction in Manchester and Salford at the end of June, with an initial 1,000 bikes. Users download an app that displays a map with locations of the GPS-enabled […]
Update on Shroppie fishing competition
Update on Shroppie fishing competition The national angling championships that take place on Saturday 19th August on the Shropshire Union Canal will occupy 15 miles of towpath. The following sections will be excluded from the match and are available for overnight moorings on the Friday evening or during the day on Saturday: South of […]
NABO comment on MAIB report on Love for Lydia
NABO comments on MAIB report on Love for Lydia fatality due to CO poisoning. NABO has considered its position on the whole question carbon monoxide (CO) alarms becoming a mandatory requirement under the Boat Safety Scheme. In May 2017 the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued its final report on the event, and their investigations. […]
