Janul, Jan Knox

Canal Boat Steering - How To Move Your Boat

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Have you have ever wanted to steer a canal boat or improve your technique? If you have struggled to get started, especially when reversing or turning, in this book you will, indeed, find out why you simply "haven't learnt to do it - YET". With nine pages of hints, tips and exercises on just the dreaded reverse, that, alone, should make you curious..... This pocket book is packed with detailed information on how to get started or to improve your existing technique. It is the way that Janul delivers her real time tuition and addresses techniques learned over many years of both leisure boating and commercial steering. The author goes the extra mile to drive home the readers understanding of "why" many people struggle to get things right. If you are a complete beginner, there is basic tuition in the form of "how to" and exercises to get you started. You will find technical information and reasons why sometimes, people do things differently. For those who have steered for a while and who fancy polishing their skills, there is plenty in there to help improve on those hard to grasp manoeuvres. As owner and principal of Canal Experience Training, JANUL is an experienced RYA Instructor for courses including the RYA Helmsman. Her qualifications also include the MCA Boatmaster, used during many seasons of work on "Jason's Trip", in Little Venice, London. After four decades of diverse boating, including coalboats, tugs and other workboats, JANUL'S teaching has an edge of varied technique. She considers herself fortunate to have had such opportunities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Janul Publications
• Seitenzahl: 82
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 127mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 87g
• ISBN-13: 9781906921088
• ISBN-10: 1906921083
• Artikelnr.: 60635018

Autorenporträt

Janul grew up in the Black Country, living in Quarry Bank, UK and grew up surrounded by derelict canals. Much has changed. Writing from the age of 12, including songs, poetry, and shows, the tale of Perriwillow was born in 1980 and loved by all who read the draft. Janul had no idea where the tale would lead and had to wait nearly 40 years for her canal experiences to fill the gaps. Several other books emerged along the way, and were published first, this paving the way for publishing. After suffering the day job for most of her life and by now living full time on the canal, Janul escaped the rat race and took her place on the UK canals, working on and owning a variety of boats, which indulged her lifelong passion. She learned much as a professional Narrowboat skipper on large passenger boats in London, as a boat broker and still owns Canal Experience, a training school for inland waterway steering of narrow and wide craft, based in 2 places near Watford. In 2019, it took a year to finally tackle the story of Perriwillow, which showcases many of the Author's friends and their boats, including Terry, owner of Sarpedon. It was, indeed, he who taught her to steer a narrowboat, way back in 1980. Janul can be seen with her boats, Storm, The Crimson Pirate, BCN 108 and occasionally, with the truly, unruly Constance.