Continuous Cruisers
The original reason this website was set up, the campaign by British Waterways to remove all liveaboard boaters from the Kennet and Avon who have no permanent mooring. The so-called continuous cruisers.
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
On the day that the Canal and River Trust held its launch in London, boaters have discovered that Head of Boating Sally Ash has been the director of a canal holiday brokerage company since 2004. Liveaboard boaters have often speculated about the reason behind her department’s policy of harassment and bullying of boaters without home moorings, and this conflict of interest provides a possible explanation.
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Tags: Canal and River Trust, continuous cruising, Drifters Leisure Limited, hire boat companies, liveaboards, mooring policy, Sally Ash
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Both Houses of Parliament passed the BW Transfer Order on 27th June following debates on 25th and 26th June. In the debate in the Commons First Delegated Legislation Committee, Waterways Minister Richard Benyon announced that the Navigation Committee of the Canal and River Trust (CRT) “… will include at least one boater without a home mooring who understands and campaigns for the interests of itinerant live-aboard boaters.”
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Tags: BW charity status, BW Transfer Order, Canal and River Trust, continuous cruising, liveaboards, Waterways Act 1995
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Thursday, June 21st, 2012
The House of Commons First Delegated Legislation Committee will consider the Draft British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 on Tuesday 26th June. Please write to your MP now asking him or her to vote against the Order when it is returned to the floor of the House of Commons for a vote a few days after the Committee has considered it. An example letter is below.
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Tags: BW charity status, BW Transfer Order, continuous cruising, Don Foster, liveaboards, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, June 18th, 2012
The House of Lords will debate the Draft British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 in the Grand Committee on Monday 25th June. Please write to as many Lords as you can before Monday asking them to vote against the Order. We have included an example letter below.
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Tags: BW charity status, BW Transfer Order, continuous cruising, liveaboards
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2012
The possibility of navigation restrictions and stoppages is one of the reasons why Section 17 3 c ii of the 1995 British Waterways Act allows boaters without home moorings to stay longer than 14 days in one place if it is reasonable in the circumstances. So if you are trapped by maintenance stoppages or drought measures, don’t worry. Here is some information from BW about water resources, water supply and plans in the event of further drought, from the presentation at the Kennet and Avon Canal User Group meeting on May 3rd.
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Tags: 14 day rule, bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, drought, Section 17, stoppages, water resources, Waterways Act 1995
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