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NABO campaigns extensively on mooring strategies. This is a significant issue, and is guaranteed to gather wide views, regardless of boating patterns. Everybody wants a good safe mooring near that pub, shop, car park or remote spot in the country. Towns, villages and canalside venues want visitor moorings so that customers can come and go. And they also want enough boats to provide a destination venue for non boating visitors. Liveaboards want moorings near to service, amenity and transport links. And nobody wants long lines of boat to pass at tickover. So not an easy issue.
NABO recently overturned most of the SE moorings strategy because it was not evidence based. The restrictions proposed were based on complaints by a few, and these did not stand up to challenge. CRT had failed to record available space on visitor moorings. NABO established that the proposals were unnecessary.
To keep up with all this NABO has a mooring officer Mark, also vice Chairman at the moment and NAG member.
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NABO sends out a short electronic bulletin every month to members who provide an email address. This covers a summary of the latest waterways news and consultations, representation events that officers attended, membership information and the like. As far as possible we include links to web sources, and this enables members to be selective about reading, and not to be bombarded with unwanted information.
Fast communication is important these days. The bulletin enables NABO to inform and stay in touch with the membership quickly. It complements NABO News, and is not intended to duplicate or replace it.
You can see past bulletins here.
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The election for the Boaters' Representatives on the Canal & River Trust Council took place in the autumn of 2015, with eight candidates for four places. The NABO candidate Stella Ridgway was duly elected to serve for three years from March 2016. Full details of the CRT Council are to be found here
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NABO News is the association’s 32-page full-colour magazine that provides up to date information on the waterways, as well as a forum for NABO members to give voice to issues that concern them. There are six issues per year and each contains regular features on Boating, News, Talking points, Rewind (summaries of past NABO News), in addition to the editorial, NABO Chairman’s column and a waterways-themed crossword. Members are welcome - no encouraged - to submit articles and photographs and there is a vibrant ‘Letters’ section in each issue.
Back copies in pdf format can be downloaded here. The latest edition is only available for members to view and download.