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(In) Competent Crew. How we (hopefully) became more competent – Part Two
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(In) Competent Crew. How we (hopefully) became more competent – Part Two

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(In) Competent Crew. How we (hopefully) became more competent – Part Two

Arroobba2020-11-06T11:27:29+00:00May 4th, 2017|Life Afloat|

It's now been a couple of weeks since part one of our Competent Crew own boat tuition. Which, consisted of 3 very full days going through the RYA syllabus as well as a great deal of boat handling. You can read about it HERE . Doing it this way allowed us to tailor make a [...]

(In) Competent Crew. How we (hopefully) became more competent – Part One
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(In) Competent Crew. How we (hopefully) became more competent – Part One

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(In) Competent Crew. How we (hopefully) became more competent – Part One

Arroobba2020-11-06T11:27:31+00:00April 28th, 2017|Life Afloat|

Own Boat Training - Starting Somewhere. Tied up alongside. Putting the days learning into practice. What better way to improve your confidence than to undertake some own boat training. We started with Competent Crew, inviting another couple to experience it with us. The thing about owning a boat is that for the uninitiated [...]

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