Company Profile

Our Helmsman Courses and Approved RYA Training Centre evolved from our company Narrowboat Experience Days company. JP Boat Training Services was started following Pat’s retirement on medical grounds 11 years ago, shortly after Jim was made redundant following a long career.

Having ‘shared’ our boat with friends and family, all wanting to take the tiller or learn the locks on days out with us, We thought maybe we could turn it into a business, a day out on the canal, learning the basics of narrowboating or simply sitting back and enjoying what our canals have to offer, wonderful wildlife, tranquility and moving along at a snail’s pace, not forgetting the canalside pub lunch!