Boating Resources
Here are boating resources and information submitted by London Boaters. Members may comment on matters presented here, and may also add items to the London Boaters directory.
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If you find a PET by the waterway, it may belong on a BOAT close by!
Please check here first before ever taking them away!!
Keeping ourselves safe and our homes secure is an issue for boaters, as for people in all walks of life. However, there are certain things that boaters can do as a community to minimise the risk of crime and support each other when a crime does take place.
The original and probably most up-to-date version of this list can be found at Tims London Waterways Photos and has photos of many o
We adapted our old 12-volt strip light unit to instead use an array of 12-volt LEDs, to benefit from considerably lower power consumption and more importantly never needing to buy or replace a bulb ever again!
Get free smoke detectors and CO (Carbon Monoxide) alarms !!!
The London Fire Brigade are great! Rang them this morning and within an hour they had met us on the towpath with free carbon monoxide and smoke alarms! Theirs are the proper, decent ones too (the good ones in the upper photo, not the other kind in the video). Pop into a fire station and ask, or text this number and they’ll meet you too 07496 061926.
If you would like to support the fire brigade, you can donate to www.firefighterscharity.org.uk
Do you have a solid fuel stove? When did you last sweep your flue or check your burner? There were two bad fires on boats last winter - both boats completely burned out. The cause has not been specified BUT it does tend to be burners that cause fires on boats.
See Jane Drill's Leah Bolden has some handy tips you might not know about...
- How to sharpen a carpenter's pencil and why is it that shape and flat?
- Making and using a tick stick, and what it is for...
- How to repair your oscillating multitool blades!
Copied from the London Boaters facebook group's pinned post, here are some more useful contacts, regulations and information about boating in London.
EMERGENCIES
In an emergency dial 999 (i.e. crime in progress) for non-urgent or after event 101. You can add to crime incident map below: Crime incidents or accidents or any other similar incidents anywhere on canal or towpath should ALSO be reported to CRT using this form CRT safety-near-miss-reporting-form
King's Cross/Granary Sq area - for their private security dial 0207 664 5700 and ask for 'control'
To get help for a boater in need, call the Waterways Chaplaincy 07717813682
If a boat is listing badly or in danger of sinking contact CRT: 0303 040 4040 during office hours or 0800 47 999 47 out of hours, give the boat name, number and location. They will contact the owner. Try and fix the problem if you can, but if you can’t at least call CRT
FREE REMOVAL OF ANY WASTE ELECTRICAL ITEMS as long as they are difficult to handle or bulky
In the London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Hackney, Islington, Waltham Forest: https://www.clearabee.co.uk/free-weee-kerbside-service/
The London Boaters BOATING SERVICES DIRECTORY
has a list of tradesmen, with many BSS examiners, Marine Surveyors, Gas Fitters, Electricians etc - it is kept up-to-date by the tradesmen themselves. Please consult that list for these services.
IF YOU FIND AN OILY/INJURED/SICK WATERBIRD
Call 01932 240790 for The Swan Sanctuary or 03001234999 for rspca emergency.
As always, try to remain calm and think things through in an emergency.
1 - Never leave your boat in gear and step off, even for a second, she's faster than you think and will run away.
2 - Never voluntarily go in the water fully clothed, chances are, no one is THAT good of a swimmer.
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