NABO News 2020
Nabo News – Issue 6 of 2020: 4 Editorial 5 In the Chair : Chairman’s report to the AGM 9 Fly on the wall 11 New NABO Council members 12 News: Boating in lockdown 13 User Groups: Thames User Forum, APPWG: Alternative power sources for boats 14 CRT licence terms and conditions. 16 Boater reputation […]
NABO response to CRT’s consultation on congestion in London
In this paper, NABO is responding to CRT’s recent consultation and Zoom meetings, seeking suggestions from boaters to further address congestion, principally in the London area. For several years, CRT sought views via the Boater Relationship Group and subsequently, when this collapsed, it facilitated meetings that resulted in the publication of its London Strategy document […]
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 […]
Canals and transatlantic slavery
In spring 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement spurred CRT into commissioning Dr Jodie Matthews, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, to undertake literature research into people who had made their wealth through the slave trade and invested the profits in canal building. She also investigated canals that were built specifically to carry […]
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 […]
Virtual news from CRT
At a short, combined CRT Council and AGM in November, last year’s annual report and accounts were accepted. Topics of particular note included: Application for renewal of the Defra Grant – which accounts for about a quarter of CRT’s income – will be submitted on 6th December; whilst the Government is under no obligation to […]
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 […]
Take the lessons from the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of two friends in York
Following the deaths of two friends from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a boat called Diversion in York in December 2019, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a safety flyer with the lessons learnt from its initial findings and the Boat Safety Scheme is urging boaters to read it and adopt the safety […]
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 […]
