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Hmmm.... Looks like Dave's message was zapped from my Usenet.
If it is in reference to my post, I guess I can comment (based on what Jon posted). First let me address the assumption that we are only talking about sea kayaking in a coastal environment. I never said that. I'm talking about fla****er canoe or kayaking, and my environment is beautiful Colorado. My response is to a thread started by Te concerning keeping a boat looking good for instruction. I do not know if that is in reference to canoes, sea kayaks, or whatever, and for the purposes of my thread it is irrelevant. Rant over, response resuming ;-) Rescue depends on paddling situations. River rescue is different from open water rescue. But basic how to get in, how to turn, how to brace strokes are universal. Keep in mind, my basic intro classes have students who have never been in a canoe or kayak before, some people who don't really know what canoes or kayaks are (their friends bring them along. I don't want to fry their brains with too much information. At the end of my beginner classes, I allow the students a practice session if they want (other people are ready to leave, but I encourage practice). Those who practice will flip. When they do, I show them the type of rescue appropriate to their paddling environment. If they are paddling solo, I show them solo rescues. If they are paddling with their friends, and their friends are in the class, I walk their friends through the rescue. I feel they will all learn better if they have hands on experience. Either way (solo or friends assisting), whatever I am paddling won't get scratched. My initial post was in response to all the image concerns, and it is very easy for me to teach a class, provide beginners with their basics, and not bang up a boat. For rescue and recovery clinics, you bet I will be paddling one of my personal scratched to no end boats, but that's not the subject of the thread. We are talking about beginner fla****er classes. Think back to the first time you ever saw a canoe or kayak up close. If the instructor focused on what to do when you are upside down, you would think that the boat is going to constantly flip. I want my students to focus on paddling, at least for their first exposure. I want them to have fun on their first time out. I save the work for the next class (my rescue clinics are free and I strongly encourage my students to participate in them). |
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