Helmsmans Course

On Friday 23rd March we undertook the RYA Inland Waterways Helmsman's Course with Willow Wren Training at Rugby.  We were greeted by our instructor Andy Newman, author of "RYA Inland Waterways Handbook" and after a short briefing it wasn't long before we were on the training vessel. There were 3 of us on the course and the course was carefully constructed so that each on of us tackled all of the element whilst at the helm.  Andy has a wealth of knowledge and experience with narrowboats which he was more than happy to share with us.  As a result of this course all of us left at the end of the day more confident and much wiser than at the start.  It is quite a long day, 9:00am to 6:00 pm with most of this time spent on board either learning new skills or honing those we thought we were proficient at.  We highly recommend this course - everyone can learn something from this course no matter what their starting point might be.