Scott asks: << how many of you would actually spend your hard earned cash on a class about weather for kayakers? >> I'm an intermediate-level paddler (BCU 3 Star) with several years of light- duty experience,and I would gladly pay for a course like that, if it were a good practical course. I also wonder if it wouldn't be possible to teach a reasonable amount of weather knowledge and accident-prevention during the course of a "strokes" course, or during the course of one of those commercial mini-expeditions people have been writing about. It's hard for me to accept that I'm so unique. I also don't understand why learning about the weather is supposed to be "not fun", and so forth. Why is the Weather Channel so popular, both on TV and on the net - and so forth??? Seems to me that a large part of the enjoyment of kayaking is being in the natural world, in very close touch with it. How can this exclude the weather? Incidentally, I'll second Clyde Sisler's poor opinion of the "course" given at the Atlantic Coast Sea Kayaking Symposium last summer. It was by turns way over the audience's head, and uselessly condescending. It's a shame. The room where the course was held was packed almost to capacity when the first hour began. There were plenty of empty seats for the second hour (the ones who left were a lot smarter than I was, I guess). Bill Hansen - Ithaca NY *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Scott asks: << how many of you would actually spend your hard earned cash on a class about weather for kayakers? >> I'm an intermediate-level paddler (BCU 3 Star) with several years of light- duty experience,and I would gladly pay for a course like that, if it were a good practical course. I also wonder if it wouldn't be possible to teach a --------------- This seems like something the Coast Guard or one of the CG Auxillary or Power Squadron groups might/should give. They do offer such things as Basic Coastal Navigation, Safe Boating, etc. so you might check with them. The ones I've attended (way in the past) were typically one night per week for x number of weeks. Unfortunately, I'm no longer on the coast and they don't seem to offer condensed, weekend courses. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Sisler, Clyde wrote: Seems it could be a rather simple video or cd-rom production. > > Scott asks: << how many of you would actually > spend your hard earned cash on a class about weather for kayakers? >> > > I'm an intermediate-level paddler (BCU 3 Star) with several years of light- > duty experience,and I would gladly pay for a course like that, if it were a > good practical course. I also wonder if it wouldn't be possible to teach a > > --------------- > > This seems like something the Coast Guard or one of the CG Auxillary or > Power Squadron groups might/should give. They do offer such things as Basic > Coastal Navigation, Safe Boating, etc. so you might check with them. > > The ones I've attended (way in the past) were typically one night per week > for x number of weeks. Unfortunately, I'm no longer on the coast and they > don't seem to offer condensed, weekend courses. > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** -- gabriel l romeu http://members.aol.com/romeug studio furniture http://members.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photos, prints, etc. http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR a daily photo journal *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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