In article , Muzz
wrote:
Allan Bennett wrote:

Therein lies the problem with all the recommendations for
kit for a beginner! None of you have stated that you are
recommending stuff for specialist and possibly extreme
forms of canoeing - to a beginner!. Most of the kit you
advocate is unnecessary and expensive. It is also
restrictive and limits the enjoyment of paddling, IMO.

I am a beginner, doing my two star training, before getting in the boat we
must put on the kit the coaches lay out, BA, Cag and Helmet. They also
recommend the long john wetsuit. There were six coaches there and guess
what they were wearing ? I am a beginner, but I am happy to go along with
the coaches recommendations. I done three eskimo recues last night and
felt nice and warm in my wetsuit, one of the girls wearing a pair of
shorts was complaining about the cold on her first tip over. Not too
specialist or extreme, I felt good enough to get out of the boat and swim
it to shore at the end of the session.

That is, of course, not canoeing.


Allan Bennett
Not a fan of blinkers

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