Ewan Scott wrote:

Sounds like we are talking CCK 2 star here, and eskimo is , as I am sure you
know, part of the syllabus.

I didn't, as it happens. I have a 3* but only did that as a formality
for a start towards the teaching ladder as TSKC is currently getting
swamped with new members depsite us trying to beat them off with a
****ty stick and we need more people who can do basic teaching. Beyond
that I'm very happy to learn skills but have very limited interest in
owning a piece of paper that tells me what I'm capable of doing.

We actually start teaching it from day one in
the pool as it helps with hip flicks.

So do we at TSKC, but the other paddling club I'm in, East of Scotland
Open Canoe, doesn't have much use for hip flicks... If you want to
stick to kayaks, I doubt a sprint K2 crew would find much use for them.
And so on.

If CCK then, by definition, an eskimo rescue is always an option. HST, you'd
probably be very lucky to use it "textbook" fashion in anger, I suspect.

Indeed. The chances of holding your breath long enough for someone to
get lined up on you in the sort of conditions that will knock you in are
pretty limited, I'd say. They certainly are useful as a quick get-out
having buggered up a controlled practice roll that doesn't then require
you to empty the boat and get back in it, and controlled roll practice
beyond the pool we always have a boat lined up for one.

Pete.
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