Posts Tagged ‘Waterways Ombudsman’
Friday, September 8th, 2017
On 14th February 2017 the Waterways Ombudsman stated in a case report (Case no 933) that CRT intended in the coming weeks to publish “illustrative cruising patterns” for liveaboard boaters with school age children. In the Navigation Advisory Group meeting of 13th February 2017, former Head of Boating Mike Grimes stated: “We’re looking at putting together and publish soon some example compliant movement patterns that boaters with children could look at to help inform their movement patterns”.
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Tags: Bathampton School, children, community, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, CRT Navigation Advisory Group, enforcement, families, Fitzmaurice School, FOI requests, liveaboards, Michelle Donelan MP, Mike Grimes, Richard Parry, school, Waterways Ombudsman
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Thursday, June 26th, 2014
Sally Ash, the unpopular Head of Boating, finally retires at the end of this month after 38 years working for BW and CRT. She joined BW as a researcher in 1976 following a Masters degree at Reading University. Here we take a look back at some of her activities and the cost of her career both to boaters and to her employers, not only in financial terms but also in goodwill, time and effort.
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Tags: Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, consultation, continuous cruising, FOI requests, Houseboat Certificates, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, London Boaters, mooring policy, moorings, NABO, River Lea, roving mooring permits, Sally Ash, Section 17, visitor moorings, Waterways Act 1995, Waterways Ombudsman
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Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
The IWA’s response to the news that Nick Brown discontinued his Judicial Review of CRT’s Guidance for Boaters Without a Home Mooring is alarmingly off-piste. IWA Chair Les Etheridge weighed into the discussion saying “Visitor moorings on the inland waterways need to be managed with the best interests of the whole boating community”.
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Tags: continuous cruising, IWA, liveaboards, NABO, Nick Brown, Sally Ash, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995, Waterways Ombudsman
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
The Waterways Ombudsman has told Sally Ash that her language is “not helpful” after two boaters complained about the CRT Council Briefing on Non-Compliant Continuous Cruising. The briefing, written by Head of Boating Ms Ash, alleged that ‘non-compliant continuous cruisers’ were preventing leisure boaters from using visitor moorings.
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Tags: Andrew Walker, complaints, continuous cruising, Letters to BW and others, Sally Ash, Waterways Ombudsman
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