River Canal Rescue

GROUNDING advice from RCR

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July 16, 2025

River Canal Rescue (RCR) is warning boaters about the risks of grounding after receiving 40+ calls in a six-week period, prompting a higher-than-usual number of call-outs. From 1 June to 11 July, rescue co-ordinators have been giving on the phone assistance to one/two people a day, and while many callers are then able to move…
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WIN A BILGEAWAY FILTER KIT

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June 27, 2025

TO celebrate River Canal Rescue’s 25th anniversary, managing director, Stephanie Horton, is giving away prizes every month, throughout the year. In July, three Towpath Talk readers can win a 10” Bilgeaway filter kit, worth £99.98 each. Described as ‘the world’s first truly environmentally-friendly bilge discharge filter’, Bilgeaway uses a non-toxic solution to extract hydrocarbon contaminants…
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WIN chandlery vouchers worth £250

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May 29, 2025

To celebrate River Canal Rescue’s 25th anniversary, managing director, Stephanie Horton, is giving away prizes every month, throughout the year. In June, Towpath Talk readers can win £250 worth of chandlery vouchers. Choose between vouchers from online marine equipment distributors, ASAP Supplies and Aquafax, or Midland Chandlers who as well as an online service, has…
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EXTENDED: Story Competition Deadline

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May 24, 2025

River Canal Rescue has extended the deadline for its story-telling competition to 31 May, giving boaters more time to submit an entry about ‘life on the cut’. The story – a maximum of 700 words and three photos – must relate to boating over the past 25 years and can be funny, dramatic etc, as…
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SUMMER PARTY: All welcome!

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May 23, 2025

Only a few weeks to go until River Canal Rescue’s 25th anniversary celebration! The free family-friendly party is from 1-7pm on Sunday 8 June, at the Stafford Riverway Link Grounds, Baswich, Stafford, ST17 4FR. Near RCR HQ (br 101 on the Staffs &Worcs canal). Bringing together the local community, boaters, past and current RCR members,…
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SHARE YOUR STORY and win a CRT licence

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May 9, 2025

River Canal Rescue is reminding boaters they have until 16 May to submit their short story about life on the water. It must relate to a boating experience over the past 25 years, and can be funny/dramatic etc, as long as it reflects ‘real life’ on the cut. A maximum of 700 words and three…
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WIN A PLACE ON AN RCR MAINTENANCE COURSE

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April 18, 2025

TO CELEBRATE River Canal Rescue’s 25th anniversary, managing director, Stephanie Horton, is giving away prizes every month, throughout the year. In May, Towpath Talk readers can win a place on one of RCR’s boat and engine maintenance courses worth £315. The two-day course covers how to maintain diesel engines and the systems within a narrowboat,…
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BOAT VANDALISM: Worst case ever seen

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April 4, 2025

A NARROWBOAT that was broken into, vandalised and scuppered – blocking boats cruising the Hawkesbury junction area of the Coventry canal – was the worst case of wanton destruction River Canal Rescue’s teams had ever seen. The distraught owner visited narrowboat Rosie the week before it was vandalised, and on the weekend of February 15/16…
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WIN A YEAR’S RCR GOLD MEMBERSHIP

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March 21, 2025

To celebrate River Canal Rescue’s 25th anniversary, managing director, Stephanie Horton, is giving away prizes every month, throughout the year. In this month, Towpath Talk readers can win a gold membership worth £320. The breakdown assistance & recovery package includes: vessel covered for any user or member covered on any vessel, unlimited call-outs, recovery to…
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RIVER CANAL RESCUE: maintenance course dates

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January 15, 2025

River Canal Rescue is now taking bookings for its two-day maintenance courses, running at its Stafford HQ on: 18/19 February, 4/5 and 26/27 March, 10/11 and 23/24 April, 7/8 and 21/22 May and 11/12 and 25/26 June. The boat and engine maintenance course covers how to maintain diesel engines and the systems within a narrowboat,…
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TOP 10 PARTS that cause boaters grief

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September 25, 2024

River Canal Rescue (RCR) responded to 3335 callouts last year to help with issues such as electrical, fuel and engine problems, flat batteries, overheating and gearbox failures. Despite RCR’s best endeavours, parts do break down. So what are the top 10 parts that cause boaters the most grief, and how much do they cost to…
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SNAP UP a waterways calendar for charity

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September 24, 2024

Thirteen images have been chosen to appear in River Canal Rescue’s 2025 calendar (front cover and one for every month), which goes on sale later this year to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. THE competition attracted more than 375 entries, which the judges – RCR managing director Stephanie Horton, Canal Boat editor Charlie Waters…
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River Canal Rescue releases engine alignment training ‘how to’ video

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July 26, 2024

RCR ‘how to…’ videos River Canal Rescue has released its second ‘how to…’ video on YouTube, giving engine alignment training. Fronted by RCR standards and ethics executive, Kerry Horton, he explains how to see if an engine is out of alignment, where adjustments can be made, the difference between radial and angular alignment and how…
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RCR posts ‘how to…’ videos

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June 16, 2024

With longer and lighter days prompting more boaters to cruise the inland waterways, River Canal Rescue is posting ‘how to’ videos on YouTube, sharing practical tips on how to keep engines and components running smoothly. The first video covers stern glands, discussing adjustment and packing replacement (the latter when no alignment is needed). Fronted…
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