NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERS
2020 Bulletin archive
January Bulletin Past events CRT Council Elections – your vote counts! Voting for public representatives to serve on CRT Council closes on 14th February. There are 34 candidates vying for the four Boaters’ Rep posts. If you haven’t voted yet, there is still time, so please put your x against Helen Hutt, NABO’s Treasurer, candidate […]
Calor Confirmation of 3.9kg and 4.5kg Cylinders
Just before Christmas, Calor’s Network Team reaffirmed that Calor is to continue to supply the 3.9kg propane and 4.5kg butane cylinder sizes and is working hard to return supply to normal as soon as possible. The BSS welcomes this latest announcement to continue to supply these smaller cylinders as it could mean that boaters may […]
Boaters Reps Meeting, 23rd October
Helen Hutt reports Well, folks, this was quite something. First on the agenda was, of course, the new licensing proposals. Matthew Symonds, CRT Boating Manger, made it clear from the outset that this is a done deal, acknowledging that there will be adverse reactions, no amount of complaining will change CRT’s mind. They are confident […]
NN Editorial December 2023
First they came for the continuous cruisers Editor John Sadler on the inequity of CRT’s current funding model “Every movement that seeks to enslave a community needs a minority group to use as a scapegoat, which it can blame for its distress and use as a justification of its own dictatorial powers. ” Although in […]
In the Chair December 2023
Ask not what NABO can do for you… New Chair Anne Husar brings her years of experience to the job …and chocolate Following Mike as chair of NABO is going to be difficult to do. His calm manner and measured approach is one I will attempt to emulate. Thank you Mike for your invaluable work […]
Membership transfer update 25 January
This is now complete with all the membership in place in the new system. Individual emails are have gone to all members. If you have not received two emails, please get in touch. All the ‘date joined’ NABO are now updated. Transferred members are successfully signing in and amending their records and passwords. Members are […]
Web site transfer latest 16 Jan
The new site has proved to be stable and things are working. We have tested the menus and sign in arrangements, and we have signed up our first member on the new system. The main problem is sorting out the external and internal url links. There are quite a number not working. But we have […]
Web site transfer
We have now transfered the new web site platfom to our normal web domain and that is what you are seeing now. We now have a few days of consolidation to check that things are working and populate many of the resource areas. Existing members cannot sign in as their credentials are not valid. Please […]
Editorial Sept 22
The summer has seen an unprecedented number of stoppages – some caused by lack of water in the reservoirs after four months’ drought, but many others caused by infrastructure failures. In this issue, there are details of stoppages and closures on the Aire & Calder, Ashton, Caldon, Chesterfield, Coventry, Erewash, Grand Union, GU Leicester Line and […]