>> Thinking about this a little bit more - I've participated in several Whitewater Rescue courses - do any of the instructors on the list ever teach similar courses oriented towards sea kayaking? Maybe something that includes rolling, re-entries of various types, towing, surf rescue scenarios, etc..... Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska >> I'm not an instructor, but group and solo rescues have been part of every basic sea kayaking class I have witnessed or taken part in. Good thing, too. Several years ago, my then landlord and some of his buddies decided to go kayaking for the first time in the Apostle Islands. Trek & Trail required them to take T&T's sea kayaking safety class before renting kayaks to them. On the way to Oak Island, one of the kayakers capsized and was rescued by his buddies. As my landlord told me afterward, if it hadn't been for the class, they wouldn't have known it was even possible to reenter a kayak in deep water! Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon May 17 1999 - 14:29:15 PDT
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