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Paul Howland Rip Co Alarms Widebeams on Narrow Canals 2 The Magazine of the National Association of Boat Owners Issue 1 February 2019 PAUL HOWLAND RIP CO ALARMS WIDEBEAMS ON NARROW CANALS 2 The NABO Council Regional Representatives Chair Anglian Waterways Stella Ridgway Vacant The magazine of the National Association of Boat Owners 07904 091931, [email protected] East Midlands Waterways Issue 1 February 2019 Vice-Chair Joan Jamieson Vacant 0115 981 2047 [email protected] Contents Cover photo Treasurer London Waterways Helen Hutt David Williams 4 Editorial This month’s cover photo and a few other snowy 5 In the Chair ones throughout this issue are by Gillie Rhodes 07831 682092, [email protected] 07813 496208 [email protected] Middle Level 6 NABO: Paul Howland, Legal Affairs and BSS Rep. Win a year’s free membership by having your Mike Rodd Vacant 7 Membership and web issues,New NABO recruitment flyer photo selected for the front cover of NABO 07831 860199, [email protected] North East, Yorkshire and Humber, Shared 8 Fly on the wall News. Please email photos as JPEG attachments, NABO News Editor Ownership Rep. 9 Around the regions: Wales and South ideally portrait format with a file size of 2MB or Peter Fellows Howard Anguish West, East Midlands.,West Midlands, larger 01482 669876 [email protected], shareowners@ 19 High Street, Bonsall, Derbyshire, DE4 2AS Yorkshire & Humberside 01629 825267, [email protected] nabo.org.uk 12 Thames meeting Webmaster, NAG (Operations) and BSS Rep. North Wales & Borders Waterways 14 Fraenkel report David S. Fletcher David Fletcher 15 Scottish canals update, CRT sells BWML 07719 276659, [email protected] [email protected] 16 Boating: CO alarms Media Officer North West Waterways 19 Short-term moorings Alison Tuck Peter Vickers 20 Clean air strategy 07450 108659, [email protected] 07517157154 [email protected] 22 Talking points: March of the widebeams Communications Officer, Moorings Rep. River Severn 24 Techies Corner: Can you smell rotten Mark Tizard Phil Goulding (details left) eggs? 07818 757676, [email protected] River Thames 25 Rewind: Issue No 1, 2004 Graham Paterson Continuous Cruising Rep. 26 Letters, I name this boat Phil Goulding 0118 986 3959 [email protected] 01271 865340, [email protected] River Trent Next NABO News copy date Regional Reps. Coordinator, Promotion and Vacant Recruitment South East Waterways Articles, letters, cartoons and photos are most Ken Hylins Geoff Wood wel come. Images in JPEG format please. 07852 911539, [email protected] 07968 491118 [email protected] Please email or post your contributions Minutes Secretary Southern Waterways by March 23rd 2018. Our email address is Vacant Mike Rodd [email protected] General Sec. (External Relations) [email protected] Mark Tizard Welsh Waterways 07818 757676, [email protected] Mike Rodd NABO News is published by the [email protected] National Association of Boat Owners West Midlands Waterways PO Box 7366, Wolverhampton, WV1 9GQ Alison Tuck NABO Online Editor: Peter Fellows Production: Chris Pink [email protected] National Association of Boat Owners Additional Contacts Whilst every care is taken to ensure that the contents of this newsletter are factually correct, we accept no liability for any direct Mark Tizard or consequential loss arising from any action taken by anyone as a result of reading anything contained in this publication. The Assistant for the Disabled views expressed are not necessarily those of the Association. The products and services advertised in this publication are not Twitter @NABO_Official necessarily endorsed by the Association. Ken Hylins David Fletcher 07852 911539, [email protected] CRT Emergency No: 0800 4799947 EA Emergency No: 0800 807060 Administration Contact CRT waterway managers at canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/our-regions Vacant NABO News Issue 1 February 2019 4 5 The Editor’s Column In the Chair e were all shocked by cations of all the canals in the system appy New Year, although ics for discussion are cyclists and news of the sudden at that time, describing which are tinged with sadness as shared space on towpaths, and the death on Boxing Day designated wide or narrow canals. we report the death of future of boating. Your feedback on of Vice-Chair, Paul David has also looked into the im- our Vice-Chair, Paul either topic would be invaluable. Howland,W and I have included an plications for boat stoves in light of HHowland. He will be sadly missed I hope that the rest of your winter obituary for him from his friend and the revised DEFRA clean air strat- by all who knew him; his knowledge is hassle-free and, for those without colleague, Alison Tuck. egy and Mark suggests minimum was always welcome and his ad- a home mooring, enjoy the peace NABO’s advocacy work on be- standards for water depth at visitor vice given freely and always useful. of winter boating - I certainly miss half of boaters depends entirely on moorings. This leaves a place open on NABO snow-boating. All the best for 2019 income from membership fees and, After the CRT management re- Council and, therefore, if you would to everyone. although the number of members organisation and appointment of like to volunteer, please let us know. is holding steady, we can always do six new regional directors last year, I have had a quiet few months, more to attract new people. The NABO councillors and regional reps. although the Trust hasn’t. It Council has redesigned our recruit- have started a programme of regular announced the next lot of redun- Capturing knowledge ment flyer and I have included a meetings with directors to exchange dancies just before Christmas and Stella Ridgway is concerned that CRT’s few copies with this issue. Please views and information. In this issue, the outcomes should be known be- redundancies will result in experience being lost. there are reports from Mike Rodd fore the start of summer. We wait on a meeting with the Wales and the to see the impact of these and how South West director and from Joan many people will opt for redun- Negative NABO? Jamieson with the East Midlands dancy. But, potentially, this could director. Howard Anguish, the result in the loss of people with dec- Editor Peter Fellows thinks the magazine reflects Yorkshire & Humberside rep., gives ades of experience of working on the the views of NABO members, notice of events in 2019 on the waterways. NABO realises the need Pocklington and Driffield canals and for these redundancies, but we hope Alison Tuck reports on CRT’s West that the potential loss of knowledge Midlands’ annual public meeting. is being captured. The meetings help if you can, by giving one to any Several CRT people at the meet- with the North West and North neighbouring boaters who are yet to ings complained about the ‘negative East Waterway Directors have been become members – personal rec- tone’ in NABO News towards the postponed until next month, and, ommendations are one of the most Trust. I’m pleased that they are read- although this is not ideal, we real- effective recruitment methods. ing NABO News and point out that ise that people are concerned about In the light of changes to BSS re- the magazine reflects the views that options and jobs. However, it is en- quirements to be introduced in April NABO receives from its members couraging that these meetings are this year, I have followed up the ar- and the wider boating community. I being held and maybe it is true that ticle on carbon monoxide alarms think it is fair to say that, for several the Trust wants to listen to boaters in the last issue with further infor- years now, these views have become and capture the knowledge in that mation on where to locate them on increasingly negative towards CRT, way. your boat, and how to prevent CO especially after last year’s rebrand- In this issue of NABO News, from being produced in the first ing. The real issue is whether CRT there are details of the BSS an- place. There is also a letter from a is beginning to address boaters’ nouncement that CO alarms will member, Brian Holt, on his experi- concerns – NABO News is just a need to be installed on boats with ences with CO detectors. In Techies messenger. effect from April 2019. You need to Corner, Tony Brooks has some good Finally, my thanks to Janice install one, even if your BSS inspec- advice on checking that your batter- Steckerl for her help with proof- tion is not due. Fit alarms that meet ies are charging correctly. reading NABO News for many BS EN 50291-2, which are best suit- Mark Tizard writes about the years. I would be grateful to hear ed for boats. This is to keep both the growing issue of widebeam boats on from you if you are able to give up a owners and other boat occupants narrow canals and David Fletcher few hours in March and September safe. has delved into the 1975 Fraenkel to proof-read these issues. I will attend a Canal and Report, which gives detailed specifi- River Trust Council meeting in Manchester in March and the top- Photo Gillie Rhodes at Flickr NABO News Issue 1 February 2019 NABO News Issue 1 February 2019 6 7 Obituary Obituary the completely feasible. Along with the other the island. Unsurprisingly, his second home Paul Howland members, he devised an innovative proposal to was Screwfix. slowly regenerate land at Horseley Fields back Paul was not a man who enjoyed a fuss and, 16 November 1952 to 26 December 2018 into a productive living space for boaters, and as per his wishes, there was no funeral.
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