NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSMoorings matter
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. […]
NABO needs YOUR input on mooring enforcement issues
Towards the end of May we are attending a meeting with CRT and other boating associations to discuss issues around overstaying and current enforcement practices. This message is about understanding the scale of the problem and discussing ideas for improving the process.
Loss of User Moorings to commercial activities
The NABO Council has become increasingly aware of a number of key visitors moorings being withdrawn (often without any consultation with users) and made available for other purposes, typically of a commercial nature. In this light, we have been alerted to a planning permission application on the K&A to change of use a visitor mooring […]
BW talk about summer 2012 around London
British Waterways met with London Boaters this week. BW identified a number of areas where they are looking at improving facilities. These include reinstalling water points at Islington and Kensal and a possible new point at Mile End. They asked for suggestions of where new rubbish points could be provided that have road access for them. There were […]
NABO suggests modifications to BW’s Guidelines
British Waterways responded to the Bristol court decision in their favour by amending the “Mooring Guidance for Continuous Cruisers”. Stakeholder organisations, including NABO, were invited to a meeting to discuss the changes on 23rd June 2011. Geoffrey Rogerson and John Slee attended on NABO's behalf. At the end of the meeting, NABO asked for the […]
Extended consultation on Lee & Stort Moorings
The consultation about the BW proposals for the management of moorings on the Rivers Lee & Stort, Hertford Union and Regent's Canals has been extended to the end of May 2011. BW developed their proposals, aiming to balance the interests of different interest groups including boaters, walkers, rowers, canoeists, anglers, local residents, businesses and visitors […]
BW Issue Guidlines for the winter weather!
NABO are probably a bit late in publishing this article but perhaps some of our live aboard members might just glean some comfort in the advice! Its designed for BW's own mooring customers but applies to everyone we imagine!
Response to BW Moorings Consultation 09
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON MOORINGS POLICY 2009 RESPONSE QUESTIONNAIRE This is what NABO sent in to BW
The latest on BW legal
Dear friends I wanted to update you on the legal challenge that NABO has made to BW. You will have seen the text in the latest NABO News. NABO News is widely distributed including the waterways press,
Cost of Boating Survey
NABO News Issue 2 (March-April 2009) is now in the members zone of the website COST OF BOATING SURVEY –
