ISSUE 40 - MAY 2015 Meet the newest boater on the cut

ABY Elizabeth is certainly a the historic narrow-boating community Bchild. Born last month to David will be able to get together. Ray and his partner Sarah she has “Whole families use to live their entire lived on board David's boat Ant lives in the back cabins of like since returning from the hospital Ibex so I am sure Elizabeth and Sarah and will get her first taste of back- will be comfortable for a week or so.” cabin life when the couple take their If Elizabeth's early-hours arrival is any- working boat, Ibex, to the Historic thing to go by she may well help Narrowboat Rally at Braunston in ensure David can 'get ahead' on the late June. journey to Braunston, with lots of early Hardly surprising really, as David is a starts. dedicated boater who was also intro- David added: “I suppose we are all duced to narrow-boating at a very concerned about how we get more early age. He is not only something of young people involved in the water- an expert on historic narrowboats but ways and I can't help hoping that his day to day life is spent surrounded Elizabeth will be at the helm of an his- by all types of boats as Manager of toric boat a few years down the line. Norbury Wharf Ltd on the Shropshire “I enjoyed lots of boating as a young Union . child and I want her to have that Elizabeth arrived 3.15 in the morning of Elizabeth expeience too” April 9, weighing in at 5lb 11½oz by which time David had managed to adapt the accommodation on Ant to fit in a cot bed for Elizabeth and make room for all the many other essentials a new baby needs. Resourceful David, who still has a large smile on his face, week's after Elizabeth's arrival, said: “Sarah is very resourceful and we have managed to give Elizabeth everything a new baby needs on board. “Ibex is a sort of new baby too, at least she is to me, and I have been getting her ready for this summer over the past few months. “It will be wonderful to be able to take Elizabeth and our working boat to David Ray and Sarah with their baby Elizabeth and Ibex, whose back cabin Braunston where a lot of my friends in will be home for the family for a week or two this June. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Diesel price drops cuts holiday prices page two New dradging experiment by C&RT page three Boaters take key partnership roles page four Norbury News 2 BargainsBargains May Day buzz DIESEL - Our fuel is the cheap- at Norbury est at a Y the time most of you read commercial Bthis we will be recovering from the excitement of the boatyard Norbury Canal Festival – a May Day celebration that has grown on the in popularity in recent years. With trading boats lining the waterways - , art craft and plant and FAME stalls to say nothing of boat and FAME trips exploring the lovely Enjoying a trip on one free. It can Shropshire , it of Norbury’s day attracts both boaters and visi- boats - part of the change on a tors from a wide area. Food in abundance, both from poster advertising weekly the Junction Inn and food this year’s event stalls, including a Mexican food And it doesn't stop as the day Saturday and Sunday nights. basis but it bar, accompanied by a real ale darkens with a special marquee If you missed all the excitement festival and plenty of activities behind the pub with guest acts this year, put it in your diary for is now at: for youngsters makes the and local bands on both the May Day 2016. weekend buzz. 59.9p Diesel drops holiday prices he fall in diesel prices Norbury Wharf's Managing boats for the vacant weeks BATTERIES Tis not only benefiting Director, Simon Jenkins that are now available.” boat owners who buy said: “Unlike some hire A quick check on the - 110amphr Norbury's FAME-free firms we include diesel in Norbury website will show diesel at the lowest price the whole hire package and, the discounts now available, batteries at a boatyard on the canal as it is now costing us less despite the fact that the hire JUST system, the benefit is also to fuel the boats we are boat holiday season will JUST being passed on to poten- passing this saving on to soon be in full swing. £64.95 tial hirers. anyone who books one of New T&Cs get minor changes The Canal and River Trust introduced it's to cruise when away from their home moor- each when new Terms and Conditions for all boaters ing, claiming the requirement to cruise is on May1, but it seems a highly critical not new and the amendment to the terms you buy four assessment of the document by the and conditions had only been made to or more in National Association of Boat Owners has make this requirement much clearer. led to some small scale changes. The trust goes on to say: “... other changes the same The changes around the definition of a were requested on the basis that they were home mooring, the liability of joint owners either alleged to be outside the powers of transaction. of a boat and an assurance that C&RT will the Trust or claimed to be unfair, unreason- onl;y attempt to recover 'reasonable costs' able or unnecessary. We have not made £69.00 each from boats owners have had a cautious and these other changes on the basis that we muted reaction. do not accept that any of the revised terms if sold The Trust has also made some changes to and conditions are outside the powers of singly. its plans to pass boaters' data on to a wide the Trust. range of third parties and the circum- “We are also satisfied that the other specif- ECOFANS stances in which staff can come aboard pri- ic terms and conditions that were ques- vate boats and moorings. tioned are fully justified and reasonable for The original It has not substantially changed the us to include.” and best fan requirement for boats with a home mooring for your How about a mucky break...? stove just f you want a canal holiday with a real difference Ithe Waterways Recovery Group, which does magnificent work restoring some of our lost is looking for new volunteers. £114.50 Their summer camps involve lots of mud and machinery and you can join and book a place on the WRG website They have some great sites this year from the Stover Canal to the all with a variety of work going on. Norbury News 3 Get afloat Site testing best and try the fun of disposal boating Take a trip he Canal & River Trust on Victory, Thas opened a pilot dredging treatment site Defiant, near Coventry as part of its plans to carry out £80m Bounty - our worth of dredging over ten day boats for years. With new legislation, the cost of 10 people. disposing of dredging via landfill has increased dramatically in You can recent years, and the aim of the enjoy up to site is to provide a cost efficient enjoy up to place to process that 17 miles of aren’t suitable for other uses, such as being spread onto agri- the beautiful cultural land or re-profiling eroded canal banks. Dredging waste drying out at the new testing site. Shropshire It is now illegal to take ‘wet waste’ This opens up opportunities for a The project will see a floating dig- to landfill, so the Trust has decid- range of uses for the dredged ger clearing 12,000 tonnes of Union canal ed to explore other avenues of material including: landscaping; mud and silt from the bed of the with no locks processing dredgings. capping for landfill sites and; use River Soar, with almost nine miles Because of the nature of the in land restoration. of the river dredged in two phas- and 6 pubs! dredging work, which can result The volume of material should dry es. The first phase from Belton in lots of material being dredged down by a third on average, Road in Loughborough to Zouch at once, it is difficult and costly to which reduces the amount going near Hathern - should be find companies to take the dredg- in to landfill, and the associated completed by the end of May.The ings. costs to the Trust. second phase of the project will At the treatment site, the Trust is Vince Moran, operations director then focus on the river between trialling various methods of drying at the Trust, said: “This is great Junction Lock near Rothley and out the dredgings, which will then news for boaters. If the trial site Lime Kiln Lock to the north of be reused or, if they are contami- proves successful we will have Leicester city centre with work nated, safely taken to landfill. more control over our dredging expected to be completed by the The site has been set up in part- works. We will be able to plan end of June. nership with Land & Water and with greater confidence about the Mark Weatherall, project manager FCC Environment Ltd, and the availability of places to deposit or the Trust, said: “We’ll be dredg- trial is part of investigating the the dredged material, which can ing something like 12,000 tonnes need for, and viability of, setting be notoriously difficult and expen- of mud and silt from the river up a network of such sites. sive to get rid of. channel as well as around moor- The first 3,500 tonnes of dredged “We’ll also be saving money that ings, bridges and turning points Or stay material was taken to the new site will be ploughed back into the which will make the river a much in March (with more arriving waterways. more attractive prospect for ashore in throughout the year) and the Trust Meanwhile a £700,000 dredging boaters. That can only be a good will be monitoring how quickly project aimed at making thing for local businesses and our cosy and efficiently it takes to dry out. Leicestershire’s waterways easier people on the towpath who love our cosy The site includes drying lagoons for boaters to navigate has to see colourful boats out on the which drain the wet dredgings. begun. water.” cottage home Boaters take key roles from home he Canal & River Trust specialist from Gnosall sailor and boater all his life, for Thas appointed seven Barry Stamp, a councillor and the last 27 years, mooring his new members to join the charity CEO from Stafford on the Shropshire North Wales and Borders Sue Cawson, leader on educa- Union canal at Gnosall. tion on the waterways from Barry Stamp is a CEO of a reg- Waterway partnership. Audlem, Cheshire. istered charity in Stafford and The partnership works closely Several are boaters. John owns a 50ft narrowboat, which with the Trust’s local waterway Yates, a heritage conservation is moored at Norbury Junction. management team to help specialist and he and his wife Sue Cawson is well-known at shape plans, guide the Trust’s have owned a succession of Norbury and has been boating spending decisions, develop historic narrow boats. since 1960. Her first trip was contacts with local people, seek Mike Carter has worked in, with her mum, dad and family new funding and champion the operated and owned boat repair on the Shroppie and Llangollen, interests of the waterways. businesses with full boatyard and Sue subsequently went on The new partnership members facilities and his family have to work for Peter Froud on the are: owned ex-working narrow boats hotel boats Saturn and John Yates, a heritage conser- since 1956 which they lived Jupiter.She is still very passion- vation specialist from aboard and his childhood was ate about canals and believes Shropshire. spent either living afloat or in a that by becoming a partnership Nicola Said, a marketing expert canal side cottage. Mike owns, member she will have the from Wrexham. or has an interest in, several opportunity to get more Mike Carter, a marine surveyor historic narrow boats and involved and contribute. She is from Weaverham, Cheshire. , including a commercial already a member of the Trust’s Sara Mogel, a further education grain barges operation. Navigation Advisory Group and specialist from Flintshire. Campbell Boyle has been a Navigation Advisor for HNBC. Campbell Boyle, a construction BoatsBoats forfor salesale Norbury News 4

oats hardly arrive with us for sale before theyhave REF: 10350 Bgone again, we are literally selling them faster than we can re-stock. If you want a quick sale for your vessel why not get in touch with us at Norbury Wharf? Our brokerage rates and service are difficult to beat - we charge just 5% + VAT of the sale price to sell your boat with a minimum charge of £1,250.00 + VAT. We offer a six month rolling contract, when your boat Badawi - 45 foot cruiser built in 1997 with a 1.8 BMC engine. will be advertised in most major waterway publications The boat has full central heating and the engine has been regular- ly maintained £24,950.00 and on the internet. We will also advertise your boat at our busy location where we have an extremely high REF 10349 through-put of potential buyers. Moorings are free whilst your boat is for sale. Our com- bined knowledge of living on boats and the sale of them is extensive and our friendly team are always here to help make the process very easy for both buyers and sellers alike. All monies are handled securely through our escrow accounts. Interested? Then contact Simon or David now on 01785 Temperate is a 3 year old 57 ft cruiser stern narrow boat built 284292 alternatively email us on: Collingwood boat builders and fitted out by Orchard Marina for the New and Used boat company. The design is the Peacock [email protected] range, the new current list price is £69K as standard and this boat has had lots of extras fitted which would take the price well over Cloud Nine 70K when new, grab a nearly new boat at a very good price and a As the name of the boat suggests, the new owners will be on fraction of its new build price, 'Cloud Nine' when they own this beauty. Cloud Nine is a 62 foot Temperate is powered by a quiet running Isuzu diesel engine with long traditional stern narrow boat built by Alexander narrow boats a PRM gearbox and has only completed 1100 hours and is in and fitted out by Sandhills Narrowboats - a little known fit out excellent running order company of exceptional standards. The boat has a satellite dish fitted, solar panels,full diesel central Although the boat is a trad it has a very large rear slide which heating, hot water cylinder supplied from the engine, once open reveals a large deck area where there is ample room the boiler and a an immersion heater, 1800W inverter and it for a couple of people to stand/sit with ease. Under the wooden comes complete with a full inventory; this boat would make either decked area is a Beta 43HP cocooned engine, this engine is a superb luxury cruising boat a very comfortable super silent and also has the benefit of a 240V generator (Travel home. Power) coupled to the engine, aswell as the usual alternators for £54,950 the 12 volt system. The boat has an impressive electrical invento- ry, including inverter, land line, 12v/240v battery charger and gal- vanic isolator. The boat has been seriously designed for either long term cruising, living aboard or indeed cruising with guests. REF: 10346 £54,950

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Duchess A 47ft all steel cruiser stern narrowboat built by Wessex Narrowboats in 2000. She is powered by a three cylinder Barrus engine with PRM150 hydraulically operated gearbox TUG which was fitted new in 2008. REF: 10297 - 20ft 'Bantam style' From entering the cabin at the stern is the fixed double bed with tug. Powered wardrobes at the foot of the bed. Next comes the shower room by a three cylinder air with full sized shower, pump out toilet and vanity basin. cooled Deutz engine. Following this is the galley which is fitted with a four ring gas Hydraulic drive - burner, grill/oven, stainless steel sink and drainer and 12v fridge. motor recently serv- At the front of the cabin is the saloon with a fixed seat on each iced. Two winches side which can be used as two single beds or converted to one and ropes to the front large double. which are in excellent Heating is provided by a Webastodiesel heater which feeds the condition. Docked radiators throughout the cabin.This boat has been well maintained and blacked. and is ready to cruise. £9,999. £29,950

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