"Eric Nyre" wrote in message
om...
I'm going to jump in on this one, because I sit on both sides of the
image issue.


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Am I doing much rescue work in the beginner "intro" classes? Not
really. I'm teaching very basic stuff, and only spending a few hours
on the water. I'll cover a rescue when someone flips while bracing,
but I try to keep the classes short enough that people have fun, don't
get tired, and want to come back for more. The boats don't get beat up
in those classes.

I'm not an instructor by any stretch of the imagination. But the above
seems out of sequence to me. Shouldn't a new kayaker know how to rescue and
be rescued before learning techniques that might put them in the water?