About Renting a boat in London
If you are thinking of hiring or renting a boat privately, offering your boat for hire, or buying a boat to rent-out, The Canal and River Trust has recently published the following statement about...
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London Boaters - past, present and future
London Boaters was set up in 2008 as a means of keeping CCing boaters in touch with each other. The initial idea was pretty much a monthly night in a pub, catching up, drinking and discussing boat...
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London Boaters launches News service
London Boaters is launching a news and information online platform to revive its website and to promote it as a community resource. The news service – called London Boater News – will be publishing...
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Too much pressure? – River Canal Rescue wade into London boaters
River Canal Rescue, a commercial marine breakdown service, has said the “explosion in live-boards” in London is putting “pressure” on its business. In a press statement released this week, RCR managing...
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Some hands to the deck at the Pirate Castle for the London mooring consultation
The promised London Mooring Strategy consultation with London boaters and other canal ‘stake-holders’ appears to be spreading its tentacles with a ‘sounding board’ for invited boaters being launched by...
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Trouble on the cut at Corbridge Crescent
Campaigners vow to block Gaswork moorings amidst ‘gentrification’ claimsBoater campaigners and the National Bargee Traveller Association London Branch have come together to ‘defend community space’ in...
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All change - or small change - for London boaters at the CRT strategy meeting?
The Canal and River Trust has revealed its plans for London boating at a meeting with an invited focus group of boaters and other canal ‘stakeholders’ groups at the Pirate Castle in Camden earlier this...
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River Canal Rescue provides support as ‘Idle Women’ tour gets underway
River Canal Rescue will be providing free breakdown and emergency assistance for Kate Saffin’s and Heather Wastier’s ‘The Idle Women’ theatrical tour which retraces the 320 mile route wartime trainees...
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Bargee Travellers march in London
The National Bargee Traveller Association held a rally in London on Saturday to protest against the Canal and River Trust ‘new’ enforcement policy and to hand in a petition to the Prime Minister at...
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CRT announce ‘improvements’ as investigation REVEALS plans for hundreds of...
The Canal & River Trust has released a statement announcing the current and ongoing and future plans for “improvements” to London’s “bustling canals” following a freedom of information request by...
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Gas safety and Coulrophobia
Gas safety and Coulrophobia* – by Ron GoodingIt seems so simple working with gas. A little bit of pipe, some orange hose with numbers on it and a few clips. Also my mate’s dad is a plumber and said he...
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RBOA’s call for more movement rules for ‘continuous cruisers’ sails into a storm
The Residential Boat Owners Association has sparked a war of words following its call for the Canal and River Trust to increase the distance that ‘continuous cruisers’ have to travel to “between 200 to...
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Moo Canoes says splash out with our free floating litterpick
‘Splash out this spring/summer with our free floating litter-pick sessions on the London canals’ says Moo CanoesMoo Canoes are teaming up this spring/summer with Poplar Union, Friends of the Cut and...
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London Boater News launches free news writing workshops for boaters
LB News are offering free one day news writing workshops to London boaters on Sunday the 14th and 28th May at an office venue in Golden Square near Piccadilly Circus tube. There are spaces at each...
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CRT Licence Review report signals “significant” change for boaters
Findings from the first phase of the consultation for the Canal and River Trust’s 2017 licencing review have been released, in what CRT have called “the most significant review of licensing in a...
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Join us to gain access to the members areas of this website, where London Boaters communicate and plan their projects. As well as being able to contribute with comments, you may also subscribe to be...
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London boaters to ‘reclaim the towpath’ amidst fears for safety
London boaters are set to ‘reclaim the towpath’ on the east London rivers and canals to promote safety and solidarity, as a survey of London towpath users reveals that just over half have often, or...
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Useful information for Boaters
Some useful contacts, regulations and information about boating in London.EMERGENCIESIn an emergency dial 999 (i.e. crime in progress) for non-urgent or after event 101. You can add to crime incident...
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How this website works
Here you fill find details about how to use this website. To join in, you need to register with an email address and follow the registration instructions contained in the resulting email that you get...
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