Certified gas engineer and boat dweller, Andrzei, has been given an eviction notice by the Canal and River Trust (CRT) and is under immediate threat of eviction.
He is on the boat commonly called ‘the caravan boat’, which is a WW2 landing craft onto which he has skillfully welded and fixed a mobile home. He constructed a platform at the stern and mounted an outboard engine as well as reducing the air draft so it can go under many of the bridges in the system. His boat is a fully mobile boat home.
CRT is claiming the boat is unsafe despite him being a certified gas engineer and having an up to date Boat Safety Scheme Certificate. The boat safety exam was done by trusted boat safety examiner, Pete Wakeham, late last year.
It seems that prejudice has ushered CRT to call Andrzei’s home unsafe. CRT deciding a boat unsafe despite having a Boat Safety Scheme Certificate could be a slippery slope, which could see CRT think it can label any uniquely made vessel as unsafe.
We shall not let his hardworking man be made homeless by CRT.
Together we can stop this eviction.
Please email CRT to change their minds in evicting Andrzei.
Email:
Leiam.Walsh@canalrivertrust.org.uk
Simon.Cadek@canalrivertrust.org.uk
richard.parry@canalrivertrust.org.uk
Here is a template email Template email to stop Andrzei eviction
If you are on the Grand Union main line or Paddington Arm or just in the general West London area and you’re happy to be called upon even to just film when CRT tries to evict him, please email nbtalondon@gmail.com your number and we will tell you when CRT turns up.
Please spread the word and get support to stop this eviction
Andrzei with a CRT letter telling him to remove his boat