Discounted Boat Insurance
NABO members can now obtain a 7.5% discount on their boat insurance through specialist brokers CETA Insurance. Any boater can ‘test the market’ by obtaining quotes from several insurers at the same time. CETA works with a panel of insurers including Haven, Navigators & General, Towergate, AIG and Sompo Canopius, so there is a considerable […]
Where does the subscription money go?
If you pay a subscription, you want to know where your hard earned money goes. Roughly half goes into the production and printing of NABO News, the cost of which is also partially offset by a small amount of advertising (currently from Midland Chandlers). NABO News is our largest cost but it is also our […]
Benefits: Guidance Papers
We have prepared guidance papers on topics of interest to boaters including boat insurance, VHF radio requirements, ship registration, and fire safety. Others, including one on facilities for the disabled, are being prepared. Some of these are available to members on this site. Some are also available to prospective members on the website.
A range of benefits
We suppose ultimately that you can only really judge if it is going to be beneficial to you to be a member of NABO is if you join us! The main reason many have joined us over the years (we are 23 in 2014) is to help support a dedicated volunteer group (democratically elected – […]
Benefits: Email Bulletins
NABO keeps a confidential list of email addresses for members who wish to be kept in touch with issues, surveys and breaking news, using the immediacy of electronic communication.
Benefits: NABO News
Members receive six issues a year of NABO News – which often publishes “hot” waterway news before the national magazines.
Benefits: Sharing knowledge and representation
Members enjoy short channels of communication and easy access to NABO’s Council members and officers, without intervening layers of hierarchy. NABO has access to a wide range of experience and expertise in all aspects of boat ownership. Current Council has members drawn from boating sectors such as Shared Ownership’s, continuous cruising, bank-side based BW permanent moorings, […]