NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSNABO News – our brilliant magazine!
NABO News has been published six times a year since shortly after NABO was formed in 1991. For many years, the cover featured the familiar NABO roundel, but in 2010 the Council decided to change to a full-colour cover of a waterway scene that would change with each issue. The following year, NABO’s 20th birthday, […]
The debate over the eco-toilet rolls on
– says enthusiast Helen Hutt. Let me firstly declare, I’m a fan of eco-toilets. As a continuous cruiser, I bought one in 2009. Every two months or so, I emptied my poo pot into a 10-litre paint tub with a tight-fitting lid until I could dispose of the contents, using a network of amenable farmers’ […]
NABO supports NBTA seeking to fund legal advice
NABO is supporting the National Bargee Travellers Association in its’ crowdfunding appeal to raise funds for obtaining a Legal Opinion regarding the proposed changes to the CRT Boat Licence Terms and Conditions. This appeal is now open for donations: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect-boats-homes/ Mike Rodd
Current issues for NABO Council
Your Council holds regular meetings and interim discussions on policy matters and issues raised by members. These are some of the regular themes Regular pro active engagement with CRT senior management both at head office and in the regions. Challenging and reminding CRT that Navigation and the preservation of the canal heritage and infrastructure needs […]
BSS Boat Owners’ Survey – A Reminder to Take Part
The BSS Boat Owners’ Survey launched last week with with over 750 people taking part already. If you’ve already completed it, thanks but because the survey is completely anonymous, there is no way of knowing who has or has not completed the survey. If you haven’t yet had a chance to take part, then we’d really […]
Changes to six month CRT licence requirements.
There has recently been clarification from CRT regarding the distance CRT expects boaters to travel during the term of a six month licence and NABO notes that the guidance has changed. It used to be CRT’s policy that boaters issued with a reduced licence were still expected to cruise the 20 mile plus range that […]
BSS Boat Owners’ Survey – Invitation to Take Part
The Boat Safety Scheme Boat Owners’ Survey has launched today and is now live. This is your chance to give your views and we hope that you will take the time to participate in the survey. It should take about 5-10 minutes to complete. You can complete this on any device, but our recommendation is […]
Boat Owners’ BSS Survey – starts next week
The Boat Safety Scheme Boat Owners’ survey supported by NABO is due to launch next week on Monday March 15th. The BSS is keen to understand more about your opinions on some important issues related to boat ownership, safety and also collect ideas for what could be improved. The survey will be available for around […]
How the upcoming Boat Owners’ BSS Survey will work
We sent you a message recently announcing that the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) has decided to carry out a survey amongst all Boat Owners, and this is strongly supported by NABO. There have been a few questions, so I thought I’d share some information about how the survey will work.
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 […]
