News

Congratulations to all the volunteers who have contributed to the SS Sir Walter Scott being made National Historic Trust's Flagship of the Year.

Information and registration form for this event is now live on the Website.

Brian Boucher (SBA Midlands Area Rep) kindly organised a Zoom call for members to discuss the SBAS Library offerings (with John Maltby and Malcolm Duckett) - looking at boilers, hulls, castings, engines and drawings. Here is a link to a zoom call, https://youtu.be/OhU7FH0DFTI

...and pictures of a Klinger-type sight-glass made from SBAS castings showing fittment to an SBAS water-tube boiler as discussed on the call.

Windermere Week Rally and Festival of the Lake and Boat Parade.

The closing date for Windermere Week is fast approaching so if you are intending to come please could you register as soon as possible.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately the Music Night event will not be able to take place due to the unavailability of Shamrock. However Jill and I have plans for a replacement event and notification of this will come in the next couple of weeks.

Regards

Dot

Just a reminder that the SBA exists on two social media platforms (FaceBook and WhatsApp). There are links to these on the SBA Website home pages. 

• An SBA Facebook home page  here: https://www.facebook.com/steamboatassociation/ 
• An SBA Discussion Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheSteamboatAssociation/  This is a group page so you have to request to join, which you can do from Facebook. (Mike Cole manages our Facebook activity)

WhatsApp is a private & secure group exclusivly for SBA Members. You have to be added to this group to participage. The ONLY way to do this is to follow the insturctions on the WhatsApp page under the Member's menu on the SBA website (and you need to be logged on to do this) - this link goes to the right place . It's quite an active group with just under 60 members today.

There are also some other WhatsApp groups relating to specific regions (like the Windermere steaming group) - these are administered by local members.

At the request of the SBA Committee, SBA Services Limited (The SBAS) have instigated a new service to allow Overseas Visitors to SBA Events to obtain temporary Boiler Test Certificates from the SBAS.

These will be known as "TISRs" (Temporary Inspection Scheme Reports) and are provided under the normal Boiler Inspection Scheme. They can be valid for up to 60 days, need to be applied for typically 60 days before they are needed.

Such test can be requested via the Scheme Administrator, and you can see the updated booklet (Version 7.08, dated 29th May 2024), which describes the process and charges) on the SBAS pages of the site or download it from here

Malcolm Duckett, Company Secretary SBA Services Limited

Waverley, the World’s last seagoing paddle steamer, has been awarded the prestigious status of National Flagship of the Year by National Historic Ships UK. The award recognises the breadth and geographic coverage of Waverley’s sailings in addition to the extended sailing programme planned for 2024 with a record beating seventy ports and piers included within this year’s cruising itinerary.

There are some slightly adjusted draft accounts now on the website on the Events page/2024 AGM

See all the latest news by going to their website or using the url link below:

https://waterways.org.uk/civicrm?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fmailing%2Fview&reset=1&id=1176

Go to the IWA website (www.waterways.org.uk) using the link below to learn about progress with the IWA's campaign to ensure funding for Britain's waterways.

https://waterways.org.uk/fund-britains-waterways