NABO Terms and Conditions
NABO Council has approved changes to the terms and conditions that apply to the web site and social media, and ongoing Association membership. These are absolutely necessary to protect the Association in its representative activities. Use of the web site and social media imply acceptance, as does renewal of membership. The revised terms can be […]
Meeting between the National Boating Associations and CRT.
Posted below are the notes of a meeting held at Milton Keynes on 3 November between the National Boating Associations and CRT. It has taken a month to get these minutes out because there are some fundamental differences between the views of some of the associations. NABO agreed that these should be published on the […]
December Meeting of the National Inland Navigation Forum (NINF)
This meeting was held at the St Pancras Cruising Club, London, on Saturday 29th November, and attended by representatives of BMF, IWA, RBOA, AWCC, GOBA, HNBC and NABO.
K&A Mooring Trial
K&A Mooring Trial Geoffrey Rogerson provides an update Earlier this year the K&A Canal Partnership, after various consultations and deliberations, came up with the K&A voluntary Mooring Trial. The object was to encourage the movement of boats and the gist of it was to divide the canal between Bath and Devizes into neighbourhoods. The […]
Towpath Winter Moorings
Towpath Winter Mooring Permits – a debate Mark Tizard summarises the arguments for and against. NABO has been contacted by several members regarding the growth of towpath winter moorings and, following a discussion at the recent AGM, we thought we would open up the debate further to our members. NABO has supported winter moorings […]
Editorial November 14
Editorial It’s nice to end the year on several positive notes: I’m pleased that £2 million has been earmarked to restore the historic Mile Wharf on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Burnley. We cruised past it in the summer and commented then on the disgraceful state it’s in. Although there are some big […]
Chairman’s report to AGM
Chairman’s Report to AGM Having admired the work of NABO ever since we bought our first boat some 16 years ago, I was delighted to be invited to join the Council. I didn’t quite tumble to what David had in mind, though, when I soon discovered that he was planning to stand down after […]
CRT winter stopages 2014 -15
Don't forget that CRT have details of the stoppage programme on their web site here. There is map showing lots of detail. You needed to select 'Notices and Stoppages' in the options box to the right (and unselect anything that you don't want. Then zoom to your area. Details of closures are shown in red […]
NABO AGM on SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER
TO BE HELD AT STAFFORD BOAT CLUB MAPLEWOOD, WILDWOOD, STAFFORD ST17 4SG AT 1030 AM SPEAKERS DEAN DAVIES – INTERIM HEAD OF CRT’S CUSTOMER SERVICES "MY FIRST SIX MONTHS" STEPHANIE HORTON – MD RIVER CANAL RESCUE "INTERESTING CALL OUTS AND MOST COMMON PROBLEMS" RCR INTRODUCTORY AND RENEWAL DISCOUNT FOR NABO MEMBERS ALL WELCOME MORE DETAILS […]
NABO Responds to CRT’s Auction of Towpath Moorings Consultation
The National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) discussed this at the recent meeting of NABO Council and reviewed earlier submissions . The overwhelming answer to the question "Has anything changed since we previously responded to British Waterways on their proposal to auction long term moorings" was NO!