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Day Boat Preparation Course

Curriculum

  • 6 Sections
  • 20 Lessons
  • Lifetime
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  • The skipper's responsibilities
    2
    • 1.1
      The importance of the skipper
    • 1.2
      Arrival time
  • Boat handling
    10
    • 2.1
      Starting engine and use of throttle gearbox
    • 2.2
      Setting off
    • 2.3
      Steering, speed limits and driving on the right
    • 2.4
      Mooring up
    • 2.5
      Shutting off the engine
    • 2.6
      Ropes and knots
    • 2.7
      How to clear a tangled propeller
    • 2.8
      Going aground
    • 2.9
      Swing bridge No4 between Market Harborough and Foxton
    • 2.10
      Mooring at Foxton
  • Safety
    4
    • 3.1
      Alcohol
    • 3.2
      Fire safety
    • 3.3
      Safety on deck
    • 3.4
      Falling overboard
  • Internal tour
    3
    • 4.1
      Appliances
    • 4.2
      Gas, electricity and water supply
    • 4.3
      Operation of toilet
  • Boat return and timing
    1
    • 5.1
      Time to return
  • Quiz
    1
    • 6.1
      Day Boat Preparation Quiz
      5 Questions

Mooring at Foxton

There is very limited mooring within Foxton basin itself because the majority of mooring points are temporarily reserved for people entering or exiting the locks and the bridge. The only mooring points for day boats are the two or three situated at the bottom of Foxton Locks Inn’s garden (identified in red in the image below.)

Day boats are NOT permitted to moor at any other mooring point in the basin.

Unless you can find a free spot outside Foxton Locks Inn, we suggest you turn your boat in the basin and come back through the swing bridge the way you came. You can then moor up a little way further down on the left hand side. If you’d like to have a look round Foxton Locks, you are still within walking distance.

CRT map showing visitor mooring
CRT map showing visitor mooring
Swing bridge No4 between Market Harborough and Foxton
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