- Home
- About Us
- Where to Go
- Our Canal Boats
- Our Users
- Hire Charges
- Training
- Useful Documents
- Find Us
- Hire Terms & Conditions
- Volunteering Opportunities
- Our Partners
- Sponsor Our Work
- Press Releases
Our Holiday Boats
Canal boat Holidays
to enjoy all the year round
Do I Qualify?
for
Canal boat hire
from the Project?
Guide Posts
What the Guide Posts Guild got up to on their canal boat day trip
To
hire a canal boat contact Wendy
01279 424444
Canal Boat Training Courses
Our boats are available on a self-steer hire basis to families and groups with a suitably qualified or experienced helmsman. For those with less experience we can usually provide the necessary training before your hire period.
We are an accredited National Community Boats Association (NCBA) training centre and also offer canal boat training courses leading to nationally recognised NCBA qualifications :
Certificate of Community Boat Management CCBM
Complete Crew Certificate (CCC)
Basic Boat Handling
What Training will you need to hire our boats ?
If you have previously skippered the same boat that is being hired.
Relevant course : Meet & Greet
If you have a current formal qualification in boat handling.
These are:
- Boatmaster
- Certificate of Community Boat Management (CCBM)
- NCBA Boat Handling Certificate
- Royal Yacht Association Helmsman certificate
Relevant course : Familiarisation
If you have no formal qualification but do have significant experience
in handling a canalboat (either narrow boat or broadbeam) This will include
(but is not limited to) one of the following:
- a boat owner where the boat is powered by an in board engine and is designed for over night accommodation (i.e. large).
- a history of hiring and skippering a boat for a period of at least one week.
- Regular skipper of a community boat
Relevant course : Familiarisation
If you have limited previous experience in handling a canal boat. Skippers of
small craft or those having previous hiring experience but not as skipper would
fall into this category.
Relevant course : Familiarisation plus
+ attendance at a practice day
If you have no previous experience
Relevant course : Familiarisation plus + attendance at a practice day
If you are to act as a skipper for a group who are not your family or friends
Relevant Course - CCBM
If you are to skipper a boat on tidal river waters
Relevant Course - Tideway endorsement