THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERS

 Listening to boat owners, Speaking out for boat owners, Representing boat owners.

  • NABO Home
  • Issues
    • NABO News Chairman's Column
    • NABO News Editorials
    • NABO Responses
    • NABO Reports
    • NABO Regional Reports
    • Current Consultations
    • Other Live Issues
    • Surveys
  • Reference
    • NABO News Index
    • NN Back issues
    • Canal & River Trust
    • EA and others
    • BW (prior to mid 2012)
    • Boat Safety Scheme
    • Web Links
    • Council Agendas and Minutes
    • Boater safety
    • NABO
    • Press Releases
    • Technical Articles
    • NABO Calender
    • Bulletins
  • FAQ
  • Join Us
    • Join Now
    • Why NABO?
    • Members' Benefits
    • Types of Membership
    • Achievements
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Constitution
    • NABO Privacy Policy
    • NABO Policies
    • Membership form for snail mail
  • Contact Us
  • Member login
img167.jpg
  • You are here:  
  • Home

NABO Home

Boat fires

  • Print
Details
Category: Boater Safety
Published: 10 April 2019
Hits: 528

Boat fires

The annual BSS incident report was published in March and provides a summary of the incidents over the last year. A total of 132 boat incidents, based on 124 events, were recorded up until February 2019. In three events, fire affected more than one boat. There were 54 fires and CO incidents on inland waterways, which is the lowest number for three years. In 18 of the reported incidents, the cause is unknown or inconclusive. In 24 of the 54 fire and CO incidents, the boat was used for residential or extended use, but this may be an underestimate as, in a further seven fire/CO incidents, the ‘use class’ is not known. There were three boat fire fatalities, all liveaboards; the highest number in one year since 2012. All victims lived alone on their boats and alcohol consumption was confirmed as a significant factor in two of the incidents. None of the boats is thought to have had a smoke alarm on board.

Read more: Boat fires

Busy like bees

  • Print
Details
Category: NN Chairman's Column
Published: 08 April 2019
Hits: 558

Busy like bees

Chair, Stella Ridgway, attended the last CRT Council meeting

February was glorious: unseasonably warm and sunny, and both the birds and trees were slightly confused; an early spring followed by (in Manchester) a month’s rain in two days. There were flood warnings for a lot of rivers and hearing the flood alarms going was slightly scary, but the towns that were flooded in 2015 seemed to have put plans in place, banks had been repaired and held, so a sigh of relief for all.

I have had two meetings in a week and this has had an impact on my ability to keep my energy levels equalised. The NABO Council meeting in Tamworth involved a train journey interspersed with a 90-minute wait for a replacement bus service from Grindleford (which has the most delightful station café) to Sheffield. Then, fortunately, the further two connections worked but resulted in my arriving at the meeting over an hour late.

Read more: Busy like bees

Evidence please

  • Print
Details
Category: NN Editorials
Published: 08 April 2019
Hits: 519

Evidence please

Editor Peter Fellows starts surveys of lost facilities and shallow visitor moorings.

The warming weather means that many of the estimated 50% of boaters who are leisure cruisers start to gear up for their first outing of the year and the other 50% who live aboard come out of hibernation to enjoy the spring sunshine. As usual, Fly reports on a lively meeting of NABO Council in March and much else is going on behind the scenes. I have included a report by Mike Rodd on the last meeting of the National Inland Navigation Forum and I’ve had a read through CRT’s Boater Report 2018, which sets out how boaters support the Trust through licence and mooring fees, and how the Trust spends its income on maintaining its navigations. On a less happy note, I’ve included a summary of a recent BSS report on boat fires. There is also a summary of CRT’s annual lockage report, which shows how the long spell of dry weather last summer affected boat movements, which were down by 11%. Mark Tizard reviews recent mooring developments and there is an article by Anthony Riley, setting out the EA funding issues that are affecting the Thames. With Brexit paralysing the Government, there seems to be little progress in discussions to transfer EA waters to CRT, or developing new ideas to allow the EA to obtain a more appropriate level of funding for the Thames. Howard Anguish looks back at what was happening in NABO 15 years ago. There’s also a short article by Joe Parkin on some of the problems caused for volunteer ‘lockies’ by boaters, and Brian Jarrett has some advice on selecting a composting toilet in Techie’s Corner. Finally, evidence, please! We need hard evidence of boaters’ facilities that have been removed and of designated visitor moorings where lack of depth is an issue. Please send me your observations (with photographs if possible) and the precise location.

Carbon Monoxide Alarms Become Mandatory

  • Print
Details
Category: Boater Safety
Published: 28 March 2019
Hits: 521

From 1 April at least one carbon monoxide (CO) alarm became a requirement on nearly all private and non-private boats in scope of the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) Requirements. BSS Certifications will not be issued to boats without alarms. The new BSS Requirements apply to boats with accommodation spaces i.e. areas within a boat surrounded by permanent boat structure and where carbon monoxide gas may accumulate.

Read more: Carbon Monoxide Alarms Become Mandatory

Page 10 of 41

  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • ...
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • What we are
  • Our history
  • How we operate
  • Policies
  • Membership types
  • Making payments to NABO
  • What we do
  • Why NABO?
  • Current issues for NABO Council
  • NABO News
  • Bulletins
  • Boater safety
  • Boat Insurance
  • Technical
  • Search
  • Contact us

 

Future events
  
Last updated:

Latest News

  • North West
  • K&A and Wales
  • Yorkshire & NE Local Waterway Forum on 23rd October
  • More on CO
  • CRT Council Elections
  • Council Report for the AGM
  • New Year, New Faces?
  • New NABO News on line
  • NABO News 2019
  • CRT Boat Licence costs for 2020-21
  • Meeting of Thames Navigation Users Forum (TNUF)
  • EA’s Strategic Review of Navigation Charges Customer Workshop
  • Network Rail consult on upgrades near to Huddersfield
  • River Thames Alliance 2019 AGM
  • Cyclopaths

Popular links

  • Acts of Parliament
  • Contact Us
  • NABO comments on the recent legal action between NBTA and CRT
  • Why NABO?
  • Privacy Policy
  • NABO Terms & Conditions
  • THE 2011 NABO CONSTITUTION
  • Membership Categories
  • Legal stuff
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • NABO Constitution
Copyright © 2019 NABO - the National Association of Boat Owners. All Rights Reserved.
Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.