NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERS
2013 NABO AGM
The AGM for NABO will take place on Saturday 16th November 2013 at Wolverhampton Boat Club, Barnhurst Lane, Bilbrook, Wolverhampton, WV8 1RS Pendeford Lane, Wolverhampton, WV10 0PG on the southern end of the Shropshire Union.
Bulletin October 2013
Dear Members, This is the third NABO Bulletin. This is not intended to complete with NABO News, but rather to tell members what Association Officers are doing for you, and what you can do for the Association. Internal NABO issues The next Council meeting is on Saturday 12 October at the Waggon and Horses, Olbury, […]
CRT annouce details for Winter Moorings
CRT have annouced details for Winter Mooring permits for 2013-14. They are trialling new options following suggestions from boaters. The Trust have said that they are offering a limited number of winter moorings at selected visitor mooring sites. In addition, there are two further options for continuous cruisers. The Trust is offering a cheaper general […]
NABO meets CRT
Mark Tizard reports on a meeting that was held at CRT’s Offices on 10th September between Sally Ash (Head of Boating), Denise Yelland (Head of Enforcement), Damian Kemp (Communications Manager) and NABO Council representatives, Mark Tizard and Mike Rodd.
Latest on CRT court cases
Simon Robbins sums up the recent legal outcomes. You may recall that, arising out of our legal complaint, NABO persuaded CRT to publish the outcomes of ‘boating enforcement’ cases that went to court. Our legal advice suggests that some of the claims BW/CRT were making about their supposed powers were controversial and challengeable. In practice we reached […]
NABO News Chair Column October 13
Chairman’s column In July the Waterways Minister announced that he had decided to delay the decision on the transfer of the EA Navigations to CRT. Both navigation authorities were in discussions that might have led to a merge in 2015. There are no details as to why the merger has been delayed and I […]
NABO News Editorial October 13
Sleepwalking into Trouble? There was a (very short) CRT consultation in July on changing the licensing system for charity and community boats, which would result in them being charged for a standard leisure boat licence rather than a commercial licence, less a 60% discount. Fair enough, you might say: simplify the licensing system as […]
Occupation of Stoke Bruerne Visitor Moorings
A boat owning resident of Stoke Breune has been surveying occupancy during August, walking the towpath from the Museum to the Tunnel entrance every night. The results show consistently less than full occupancy. We are advised that the long pound had an even lower level of occupancy both before and after the changes.
Bulletin September 2013
Dear Members As promised in the July NABO News, here is the first of the NABO Bulletins. This is not intended to complete with NABO News, but rather to tell members what Association Officers are doing for you, and what you can do for the Association. Past representation events CRT Council members in June with […]
CRT Annual Public Meeting, National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere. Monday 9th July 2013
CRT Annual Public Meeting, National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere. Monday 9th July 2013 I attended this meeting on behalf of NABO. It was not obvious who had been invited, but numbers had to be restricted for reasons of space, and those who had not booked in early were not able to attend. This had caused some […]
