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Survey of boat owners’ views
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Latest survey of boat owners’ views
The survey, carried out in March and April this year, was sent to a third of CRT’s boat licence holders and received 1,163 responses. The headline results show a decline in boaters’ satisfaction:
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(%) 2019 |
(%) 2018 |
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Boaters satisfied with their experience of cruising the waterways |
61 |
70 |
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Would recommend the waterways to other boaters |
58 |
76 |
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Overall upkeep rated as OK to excellent |
69 |
74 |
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Feel they know the Trust very well or a fair amount |
59 |
53 |
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Trust the charity to look after the waterways |
56 |
62 |
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Feel favourable to the Trust |
47 |
54 |
Carbon monoxide latest
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The silent killer
Carbon monoxide latest
It's not just for exam day, it saves lives says BSS representative David Fletcher
The requirement for a CO alarm in all boats with accommodation became a BSS requirement in April. This applies to all boats immediately, even if your examination was as late as March and you will not be checked for another four years. The BSS office tells us that the examinations taking place since April are recording less than 10% failures on CO alarm requirements. This is a really good result when the estimates were that perhaps a third of boats did not have them.
The motorway in your head
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The motorway in your head
Stella Ridgway urges boaters to slow down and enjoy the view
The Marple Flight reopened at the end of May, so we have been treated to a great deal more traffic as boaters cross Bugsworth Basin off their tick-list of places to go. We have noticed the speed and lack of boating etiquette that seems to have crept (or is that marched?) in over the last few years. When we moved aboard, the person we bought our boat from said: “you consciously need to slow down for the first three days as it takes that long to lose the motorway in your head”. We notice that with the boaters who are obviously on a schedule speeding past us. I think they don't even notice the views over the landscape, which are particularly stunning this year. I think they forget that it isn't just the destination; it's the journey that is as important. We hear boaters complaining about the shallowness of the canal, but they are trying to cruise at maximum speed. (As this was one of the last canals to be built in the North West, costs were key and it was built to an average depth of about a metre, so it isn't the deepest of canals). But if you go slowly and enjoy the scenery, it will be a much better experience for everyone.
More rubbish
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More rubbish
Editor Peter Fellows considers the plastics problem.
I think most people would welcome CRT’s ‘Plastics Challenge’, launched in June. Visitors to the waterways are being asked to pick up one piece of litter to prevent the half-million plus pieces of plastic entering the sea from UK canals each year.