Clean Air Strategy
Clean Air Strategy David Fletcher looks at the options for boat stoves in the light of new regulations. DEFRA has just updated its report on the Clean Air Strategy. This is all about the impact of pollution from solid-fuel stoves. DEFRA is telling us how it intends to tackle these (and other) sources of air […]
Dangerous older cookers
Dangerous older cookers The BSS is supporting Beko and Belling to find and fix dangerous older models of Beko, Flavel, Leisure, Belling and New World gas cookers that can produce potentially fatal levels of CO if used with the grill door closed. The model and serial numbers are on a plate behind the oven door. […]
Short-term moorings – is it time for a review?
Short-term moorings – is it time for a review? Mark Tizard calls for a review of the visitor mooring framework policy. CRT put a lot of time and effort into creating a short-term visitor mooring framework policy, which is available on their website. This laid down an evidence-based process behind any proposed changes to visitor […]
Capturing knowledge
Capturing knowledge Chair, Stella Ridgway, is concerned that CRT’s redundancies will result in experience being lost. Happy New Year, although tinged with sadness as we report the death of our Vice Chair, Paul Howland. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him; his knowledge was always welcome and his advice given freely and […]
Negative NABO?
Negative NABO? Editor, Peter Fellows, thinks the magazine reflects the views of NABO members, We were all shocked by news of the sudden death on Boxing Day of Vice-Chair, Paul Howland, and I have included an obituary for him from his friend and colleague, Alison Tuck. NABO’s advocacy work on behalf of boaters depends entirely […]
Proposed BSS Requirements for carbon monoxide alarms approved
Following the public consultation in Autumn 2018 on proposed changes to the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) the BSS Management Committee has decided that new BSS Requirements for carbon monoxide (CO) alarms on boats will be introduced from next April.
Meeting with Waterways Director for Wales and South West
Mike Rodd and Phil Goulding had their regular meeting with Richard Thomas, Director Wales and South West, on Monday 3rd December at Devizes. Richard had agreed to meet the NABO representatives on a 3-monthly basis and this again proved to be a most valuable session.
Faulty CO alarms
Following media reports about non-working, imported CO alarms sold on internet shopping sites, the BSS cautioned boaters that choosing the right CO alarm is an especially critical decision, as boats can fill within minutes, sometimes seconds, with lethal levels of the highly toxic gas. The BSS and the Council of Gas Detection and Environment Monitoring […]
EA Registration Charges Increase…
EA Registration Charges Increase… The EA consultation ran for six weeks in July and August 2018 and the results were published in November. There were 441 responses (from a boating population in excess of 34,000 – a response rate of around 1.3%). Unsurprisingly, 86% of respondents kept their boats on EA waters, with the majority […]
Middle Level Success
As reported in the July issue of NABO News, NABO petitioned to ensure that boaters’ services would be maintained on the Middle Level and that this should be written into the Act. The Middle Level Bill went through the House of Lords’ Parliamentary process and their amendments were considered and agreed by the House of […]
