Fund Britain’s Waterways Update, January 2025 New Year greetings to all members and supporters of Fund Britain’s Waterways. Weather Impacts and Climate Change 2025 opened with a bang on the waterways, with sustained heavy rainfall in the North West causing the collapse of embankments on both the Bridgewater Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal on […]

It’s almost the end of 2024 and we’re looking forward to the New Year and 2025 The Burton Waters Boat Club Officers and Committee would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and all the very best in 2025! We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

It’s that time of year again! The Burton Waters Boat Club Officers and Committee would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025!

You might be interested in the most common reasons for boats failing to pass the BSS examination. Check out the link below: https://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/requirements-examinations-certification/10-most-common-failures-in-bss-examinations/

Thanks to all members who attended the AGM last night and for passing all the proposals on the evening. The minutes will be uploaded shortly on to the website for you to read. Two awards were made last night: Firstly the Commodores Award – this is made to the individual/s who have supported and been […]

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 […]