Boating acronyms

[Theo]

On 27/01/2021 at 10:52, system 4-50 said:

Can we have a toolTip for "amps per hour"?

Amps per hour is the same as "Coulombs/s/hour" otherwise known as the acceleration of charge?

 

We could always use "Not a useful Unit"

 

Nick

Edited January 28, 2021 by Theo
Add an explanation

[Chris Lowe]

Have K - Kelvins been mentioned and cd - candela.

[RichM]

Thanks all, please keep them coming. 

[Momac]

RTFM      Read The Flipping Manual

 

[Scholar Gypsy]

VTS - Vessel Traffic Services

PLA  - Port of London Authority

MLC - Middle Level Commissioners

 

[cuthound]

SUNK - Situation Upsetting Narrowboat Knackered ?

[Machpoint005]

On 26/01/2021 at 18:14, Jerra said:

I prefer NATO but if I follow what I was taught at school I would have to type N.A.T.O.

 

Nato reads to my ancient brain as if it was pronounced nat-o.

 

Capitals, but definitely no stops in between. They went out with double spaces after full stops, the bane of my life when I was editing MSS. 

[nbfiresprite]

SmBt     Smelly Boater who dare not move to fill water tank for fear of loseing towpath spot (London Area)

 

SqBt      Towpath squatter who overstays

[Heartland]

WOM- Waste of Money

-such as Fish Ladders in Nottingham

[Hudds Lad]

LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You, sarky response to folk too lazy to search for themselves, actually became a website where you could post the resulting link and it literally googled the search term for them. Much politer response than…

JFGI - Just F-ing Google It, brutal response to the terminally lazy web surfer.

 

BOUO - Boat Of Unknown Origin, when you just really can’t decide who the builder was.

[David Mack]

UFO - Unidentified floating object.

[Heartland]

UB40    No 40 in the list of unknown boats

[Tam & Di]

😁

Edited September 5, 2022 by Tam & Di
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[Heartland]

Then there is the BB series

 

BBBW      Bring Back British Waterways

BBCS       Bring Back Common Sense

 

Feel free to add more

[PCSB]

FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition (polite version  )

[system 4-50]

2 hours ago, PCSB said:

FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition (polite version  )

and her older sister, SNAFU.

[Tim Lewis]

Old IWA List

 

IWA's Secret Code List

A&CN - Aire & Calder Navigation

ABP - Associated British Ports

ACA - Ashby Canal Association

ACS - Aylesbury Canal Society

AGM  - Annual General Meeting

AINA -  Association of Inland Navigation Authorities

AMP -  Asset Management Plan

AMS - Abstraction Management Strategy

AOD  -  Above Ordnance Datum

AONB  - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

APCO  - Association of Pleasure Craft Operators

AWCC  - Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs

BA  -  The Broads Authority

BAP  -  Biodiversity Action Plan

BC  -  Borough Council

BCA  -  Basingstoke Canal Authority

BCN  -  Birmingham Canal Navigations

BCNS  - Birmingham Canal Navigations Society

BCS  -  Buckingham Canal Society

BCU -   British Canoe Union

BMF  -  British Marine Federation

BSS  -  Boat Safety Scheme

BTCV  -  British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

BW   -   British Waterways (now Canal & River Trust)

C&HN  -  Calder & Hebble Navigation

CAF -  Charities Aid Foundation

CAMS - Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy

CBA  -  Canal Boatbuilders Association / Community Boats Association

CBOA  - Commercial Boat Operators Association

CC  -  County Council

CCPR  - Central Council for Physical Recreation (now the Sport and Recreation Alliance)

CCW  -  Countryside Council for Wales

CDM  -  Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

CIRIA  -  Construction Industry Research and Information Association

CMP  -  Catchment Management Plan

CNS  -  Calder Navigation Society

COIF -  Charities Official Investment Fund

COLREGS -  International regulations for preventing collisions at sea

COSHH  -  Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations

CPRE  -  Council for the Protection of Rural England

CRB  -   Canal & Riverboat magazine

CRT  -  Canal & River Trust

cSAC  -   candidate Special Area of Conservation

DBA  -  Dutch Barge Association (also known as DBA - The Barge Association)

DC  -  District Council

DCMS  -  Department for Media, Culture & Sport

DCT  -   Droitwich Canals Trust (now closed down)

DEFRA  -  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DN   -     Driffield Navigation

DNAA  -  Driffield Navigation Amenities Association

DTI  -   Department of Trade & Industry

EA   -    Environment Agency

EAF  -   Environment Action Fund

EAWA  -  East Anglian Waterways Association

EBA    -   European Boating Association / Electric Boat Association

EC   -   European Community

ECPDA  -  Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association

EH  -   English Heritage

ERSTU  -   European River Sea Transport Union

ETRAC  -  Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee

EU  -    European Union

F & GP  -  IWA’s Finance & General Purposes Committee (now Finance Committee)

FFG   -   Freight Facilities Grant

FWAG   -   Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group

GCBS   -   General Council for British Shipping

GCRS   -  Grantham Canal Restoration Society

GDO  -    General Development Order

GMDSS   -  Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

GOBA  -   Great Ouse Boating Association

GUC   -   Grand Union Canal

H&GCT -  Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust

HCS   -    Huddersfield Canal Society

HLF   -     Heritage Lottery Fund

HNBC - Historic Narrow Boat Club

HNBOC  -   Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club (now changed to HNBC)

HSE   -  Health and Safety Executive

IDB  -   Internal Drainage Board

INA  -   International Navigation Association

IPC   -    Integrated Pollution Control

IWA  -  The Inland Waterways Association

IWAC - The Inland Waterways Advisory Council (1st April 2007 until 2nd Aug 2012, now closed)

IWAAC   -   The Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council (until 31st March 2007)

IWAI   -   Inland Waterways Association of Ireland

IWFG  -   IWA's Inland Waterways Freight Group

IWI  -   Inland Waterways International

IWPS -  Inland Waterways Protection Society

K&ACT  -  Kennet & Avon Canal Trust

LA21   -  Local Agenda 21

LAMS  -  Local Abstraction Management Strategy

LANT  -   Lower Avon Navigation Trust (now merged with UANT to form Avon Navigation Trust)

LCT    -    Lancaster Canal Trust / Lapal Canal Trust

L&HCRT   -  Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust

L&L   -   Leeds & Liverpool Canal

LEAP  -   Local Environment Agency Plan (no longer current)

LNR  -    Local Nature Reserve

LPG  -   liquefied petroleum gas

LRA  -   London Rivers Association

MAFF  -   (the former) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

MB&ACT  -  Monmouthshire, Brecon & Abergavenny Canals Trust

MB&BCS  -  Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society

MCA  -   Maritime and Coastguard Agency

MLC  -  Middle Level Commissioners

MoU   -  Memorandum of Understanding

MSCC   -  Manchester Ship Canal Company

MWRT  -   Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust

NABO  -   National Association of Boat Owners

nb   -   narrow boat

NBS  -   National Boat Shows Ltd

NCVO  -   National Council for Voluntary Organisations

NFA  -   National Federation of Anglers

NGO  -   Non-Governmental Organisation

NINF  -   National Inland Navigation Forum

NNR  -    National Nature Reserve

NRA  -  National Rivers Authority (now part of Environment Agency)

NT    -     The National Trust

NWRDF -  IWA’s National Waterway Restoration & Development Fund (no longer in existence)

OUCS  -   Old Union Canals Society

PCAS  -    Pocklington Canal Amenity Society

PIANC  -   Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses

PLA   -  Port of London Authority

PPG  -   Planning Policy Guidance / Pollution Prevention Guidelines

PWG  -   Parliamentary Waterways Group

R&D  -   research and development

RBOA  -  Residential Boat Owners Association

RCD  -    Recreational Craft Directive

RCHS   -  Railway & Canal Historical Society

Res Com  -  IWA’s Restoration Committee

RFERAC   -   Regional Fisheries Ecology & Recreation Advisory Committee (EA - now abolished)

RLT  -   Ribble Link Trust

RoSPA   -  Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

RQO  -   river quality objective

RSPB  -   Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

RST  -   River Stour Trust

RYA  -   Royal Yachting Association

S&HCS  -   Surrey & Hants Canal Society

S&SYN  -   Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation

S&WCS  -  Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society

SAC  -   Special Area of Conservation

SAM  -   Scheduled Ancient Monument

SCARS  -   Sankey Canal Restoration Society

SEPA   -   Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SIWA   -    Scottish Inland Waterways Association

SNCI  -   Site of Nature Conservation Importance

SNH   -   Scottish National Heritage

SNRT  -   Severn Navigation Restoration Trust

SOLAS  -   The international saving of life at sea regulations

SPA   -     Special Protection Area

SSSI   -    Site of Special Scientific Interest

STW   -      Sewage Treatment Works

SUCS  -   Shropshire Union Canal Society

T&MCS  -   Trent & Mersey Canal Society

TAG  -   Towpath Action Group / Track Access Grant

TBA  -   The Boating Association (formerly Trent Boating Association)

TBTA  -   Thames Boating Trades Association

THCA  -    Thames Hire Cruiser Association

TWT   -    The Waterways Trust

UANT  -   Upper Avon Navigation Trust (now merged with LANT to form the Avon Navigation Trust)

UK    -     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

VAT   -    value added tax

VHF  -    very high frequency

VTS  -     Vessel Traffic Services

WACT   -   Wey & Arun Canal Trust

WAT   -    Wendover Arm Trust

WBCT  -    Wilts & Berks Canal Trust

WLMP  -    Water Level Management Plan

WRG  -    Waterway Recovery Group

WfA   -   Waterways for All

WfY   -    Waterways for Youth

WoW  -   Wild over Waterways

WW  -    Waterways World magazine

[Alan de Enfield]

4 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

NABO  -   National Association of Boat Owners

 

 

I see NABO are listed but the Baton-Twirlers are (quite rightly) Persona Non Grata

[matty40s]

MILF Marine Industry Licencing Federation

[Momac]

12 minutes ago, matty40s said:

MILF Marine Industry Licencing Federation

Incorrect....

The spelling  is Licensing 

 

[IanM]

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, or BAAPS has always made me chuckle.

[IanD]

10 hours ago, MartynG said:

Incorrect....

The spelling  is Licensing 

 

 

I think that's the *least* of the problems with that particular acronym nowadays... 😉

[Hudds Lad]

16 hours ago, Heartland said:

Then there is the BB series

 

BBBW      Bring Back British Waterways

BBCS       Bring Back Common Sense

 

Feel free to add more

You may want to be careful googling at least one of those acronyms  

[Momac]

37 minutes ago, IanD said:

 

I think that's the *least* of the problems with that particular acronym nowadays... 😉

That didn't escape my attention.

 

[Tim Lewis]

 

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Edited September 6, 2022 by Tim Lewis