Fund Britain’s Waterways Update, August 2024 Dear FBW member/supporter, The new Government brings new opportunities for Fund Britain’s Waterways to engage and get the message across that our waterways are already deteriorating and need proper funding. In order to do that we need a renewed push to get signatures on the petition and member organisations […]

Our recent Summer Event went down very well with a good attendance on the day (even though the weather wasn’t the best!). The boat trips went down exceptionally well under the organisation of John & Julie Varley, and were full and well attended throughout the day with donations going to the RNLI Skegness branch and […]

Humber Cruise – Saturday 4th May – Friday 10th May On Saturday 4th May, Four Boats set off from Burton Waters to head for a six night cruise around the Humber. Our Own Boat Carlos I, a Merry Fisher 895 (John & Julie Varley), Carpe Diem, a Sealine S28 (Duncan Roberts and Jo Rogers), Destiny, […]

We set off at 07.30 on Thursday 28th March intending to make a 4 day 3 night return cruise to Farndon Marina situated a couple of miles upstream from Newark. The forecast on the day was for 50+ mph gale force winds by early afternoon and torrential rain, so it was important that we made […]

Please note that during the exceptionally high water levels in the River Trent in January, some of you will be aware that the mooring pontoon at Dunham Rack was damaged and is currently unusable. We were hoping that this would have been repaired in time for our planned overnight cruise on 16th/17th March. Unfortunately the pontoon […]

Don’t miss this one! Our guest speaker for this meet is Neal Newnham – sharing his experiences ‘RAF Harrier Jet Operations from an aircraft carrier’ This Friday 1st March, at David Lloyds, 7.30pm for an 8pm start! Hope you can make it!

For immediate release Date: 12 February 2024 Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) to provide members the opportunity to quiz Navigation Authorities FBW was launched at the end of June 2023 in response to the inadequate funding and deteriorating state of Britain’s network of canals and navigable rivers. Despite the widespread appreciation of the value of this […]

The Boat Club is fully supporting the initiative on the CRT website regarding the picking up of Plastic and Litter on and around our canals Gaynor Edwards will shortly be organising a group litter picking day of our Boat Club Members and friends in our local area of the Fossedyke – keep your eyes peeled […]

You can now buy Burton Waters Boat Club Merchandise direct on the following link – take a look at the Boat Club items we have on offer! https://footballstuff.co.uk/burton-waters-boat-club/

The Burton Waters Boat Club Officers & Committee would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2024 Have a great time over the festive period and looking forward to catching up with you all!