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A Course for those Hiring a Boat – Towpath Talk, July 2017
In this article Derek Stansfield, NCBA Director of Training, describes one of the NCBA courses that is ideal for the first-time hirer of a boat. Many a time on the canal we find a boat approaching us and one question that often emanates from our helmsman’s lips is...
An Adventure but not on Water – Towpath Talk, June 2017
In this article Derek Stansfield, Director of Training for the NCBA outlines two initiatives that the NCBA have undertaken over the past year that have proofed to be an exciting and instructive experience. An old mentor of mine once said that if you know the outcome...
Skipper Training at the Ethel Trust – Towpath Talk, May 2017
In continuing his series of articles on the NCBA Derek Stansfield, NCBA Director of Training, has asked Pete Riggall, a NCBA Trainer based with The Ethel Trust, to describe his experience of running a CCBM course in the aftermath of storm Doris. The NCBA has a...