Why do boat owners decide to live “afloat”? Are the reasons changing? If affordability was important then how do you know what it’s going to cost? Has the pandemic made it more difficult to pay for where you and your boat live? Can you help all UK liveaboards achieve the best deal for each of us?
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brigadoon! launches in london
Roving Traders — canal boat owners licensed to sell goods and services on UK canals — have to be mad. Consider the challenge of living sideways in an improbably elongate tube. Now consider shoehorning a business in there with you. And if you somehow defeat the odds, and are hard working and fortunate enough that your product finds an audience … your continuous cruising license requires that every two weeks you leave your customers behind.
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body cameras on towpaths
water pollution award for rcr and bilgeaway
blue space research by aquavista
crt trial to encourage wildlife by changing mowing regime on towpaths
crt update on composting toilet waste disposal
rcr have record rate of callouts
River Canal Rescue reports the number of rescues it undertook in 2020 yet again reached a new high. Storms and lockdown restrictions were the main reasons for the unprecedented rise. Vessels across the UK were either battered by bad weather at the start of 2020 or suffered water ingress, due to a lack of maintenance, as people struggled to get to their boats.
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Thordon Bearings help keep historic cruiser tug operational
rcr asks boaters to trial WaterNav
River Canal Rescue has redesigned and re-launched its WaterNav app, making it freely available to all. The rescue service believes everyone should have access to the app – which allows navigation without wifi or data connection – as it improves safety and shares key information. And in order to assist in its development, RCR is calling for all boaters to download and trial the app and give feedback.
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