Boater’s own boater survey published
Boaters John Sloane and Lucy Holmes have published the results of a web based survey on boater's views on moorings, completed this summer. The survey was designed and circulated by John in the late summer of 2013.
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.
Editorial, NABO News 4, July 2013
Editorial, NABO News 4, July 2013 In my younger days, we regularly loaded up the boat with friends and beers and set off from Calcutt, mooring at the visitor moorings in Weedon for a Saturday evening meal together at the restaurant there, before returning on Sunday. On a recent trip further down the Grand […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News 4, July 2013
Chairman’s column, NABO News 4, July 2013 Legal Last month I mentioned the concern felt by NABO Council about the legality of some of CRT’s proposals on the Southern Grand Union. Since then a NABO team has met our legal advisors and reviewed the issues again. The advice to us is that nothing has […]
Editorial, NABO News, Issue 3 – May 2013
Editorial I start with an apology to Tony Baldry MP, for calling him ‘Toby’ in the last issue and thanks to Peter Braybrook, the eagle-eyed constituent who let me know, commenting: “In response to your invitation to submit ‘names that make me smile’, Sir Toby brought a smile to my lips but I am […]
Editorial, NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013
NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013 Editorial First, my best wishes for Christmas and happy boating next year. We can only hope the weather in 2013 will be kinder to boaters than most of last year – in this issue Janice Steckerl recounts her experiences of the wind and rain on the Caledonian […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News, Issue 2, March 2013
NABO News, Issue 2, March 2013 Chairman’s column Last month, I gave a serious message about the future of the Association. I would like to thank all the members who took the time to write and express their views. These were (almost) universally supportive of the work we do and the need to […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013
Chairman’s column Well here I am again. Not quite what I had in mind, but Council have asked me to continue as Chairman for the present. This is not what I would have wished and it really has to stop some time soon. The AGM took place in Bradford on Avon in November and […]