Re: [Paddlewise] Weather

Dave wrote;

(SNIP)

>Learning how to stay out of bad weather isn't sexy, and does not make for
>attractive videos.  That said, I would not lean on ACA or BCU too hard.  I
>suspect words to the wise and some practical instruction on procedures for
>accessing local forecasts would give seminar participants at least a "nuts
>and bolts" knowledge -- enough to get 'em thinking about weather and how
to
>anticipate the envelope of possibilities the forecast suggests.  And, it
>might be unreasonable to expect much more out of intensive ACA/BCU
>seminars.
>
(Large SNIP) about how one has to keep mentioning weather to get it across)

This is exactly my complaint. I have not heard of a paddling course that
reinforces the instruction (when they even bother to to give it) by
reviewing the topic frequently through out the course. If instructors can
spend hours on rolling then they should be able to spend hours on weather.

Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/





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