Up the creek without a paddle
‘My Electric Kayak’ by Charles Mathys. An excellent article talking about efficiency, lithium batteries and an Arduino computer.
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Sunlight shines on the River Thames – an excellent book by one of our own members.
Imagine a voyage along England’s best-loved river, the Thames -but on SUNLIGHT,not diesel or petrol. No noise, no nasty emissions! This was the author’s dream, and he turned it into reality by designing and building a 22ft catamaran powered by four solar panels. “A great read” – Janet, Narrow Boat Mattresses
Bowman Bradley from the IWA on Sustainable Boating
Bowman Bradley gives a well thought out presentation on sustainable propulsion on the inland waterways. A recording can be seen on Youtube. It was nice to see Malcolm Bridge a long standing member of the EBA and owner of the beautiful Narrowboat AMPERE as a panel member. It was also great to see my boat …
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Help for small businesses
As boaters we rely heavily on a number of small businesses and trades men and women. During the Covid crisis and without even getting sick many of these people have been facing severe hardship with not being able to work nor get access government funding. The government have recognised this and has launched a new …
Canals and rivers are closed
News from the CRT “Following the announcement from the Prime Minister (8.30pm, 23 March 2020) regarding the UK’s response to the coronavirus crisis, we are asking leisure boaters to stop all non-essential travel and not to visit their boats if they do not live aboard permanently. As a result, and to help those who live-aboard …
New Branding for the EBA
For the past 33 years, the logo of the EBA has been the Grebe, which has often caused people to ask whether we are Ornithologists. English Birdwatchers’ Association? We used to explain that the letters GREBE stood for “Generating the Revival of Electric Boats Everywhere”. These are exciting times and they call for a more …
