"A wonderful experience"

A wonderful experience,
Covering the basic must have skills for crewing a narrow boat. Many thanks to a patient Kerstin for her direction, training and encouragement to make for an enjoyable and insightful weekend.
Now much more confident to tackle life on the canals.

"A great training course to complete…"

A great training course to complete before hiring or buying a canal boat, even better with a great trainer such as Kirsten

"Fab 2-day Helmsman's Course"

Kerstin made the 2-day helmsman's course really engaging, informative and enjoyable, ensuring the three of us really understood everything she was teaching. Kerstin ensured each of us knew how to perform the various skills, including knots, steering, lock handling, basic engine checks and narrowboat etiquette. A fabulous 2-day course which really helped me when I took ownership of my own narrowboat 5-days later and was able to confidently cruise the boat through 77 locks over 80 miles during the following week. Highly recommended.

"RYA inland Waterways Helmsman’s course aboard Willum"

Clear communications before, during and after the 2 day course.
Well prepared, allowing for plenty of hands on training and clear explanation of procedures, routes etc.
Good oversight and attention to detail.
Boat and equipment in good condition.
Excellent course for anyone wishing to gain some experience of handling a narrow boat or obtaining a licence.

"The best two days of training ."

For the two days the training was excellent I will feel more confident to drive a narrow boat Kirsten went through all the procedures of each segment for each part of the trading a lot of information was covered Kirsten was through like doing the ropes tying up more than once until you were happy to understand and the same principle for driving the boat keep doing it until you got it and understand it highly recommend Kirsten course tiller to the trouble thanks Kirsten for a great two days of training Kirsten very best Robert.

"helmsmanship training course"

The helmsmanship training course I attended was comprehensive, detailed and allowed plenty of time to practice the manoeuvres.

"Very clear instruction"

Very clear instruction. Kirsten built up everyone’s confidence while at the same time making sure we all did the practical exercices correctly.

"Brilliant course"

I had a lovely time with Kerstin during this course and I leant a lot 10/10

"2 days well spent"

Kerstin was great at sharing her considerable knowledge, skill and experience and was keen to check our understanding as we went along. She answered all our questions and addressed every situation with patience and wisdom. I feel so much more confident about helming a long narrowboat now. I enjoyed course very much.

"Excellent session with Kerstin"

High quality and personalised training! I really felt the difference during my first move after my session with Kerstin.