> Hello Mark > I ask the Paddlewise list since this is the quickest way to get > valid answers as I see it. (To credit the list.) In principle I could get > same input from DNV since my organisation have a lot of knowledge of > safety matters. However, seakayaks are not classified nor verified by us. > > I am especially devoted to the seakayaking since the location for > our head office is close to the shore of the Oslofjord, Norway. This is > protected and calm condition and it is possible to do the paddling > regularly regardless of the weather. Wave highs are limited. During > wintertime the part of the fjord we paddle is frozen and we therefore > stowaway our boats in the period November to April. A large number of > motor vessels are crossing in the same waters, therefore my concern of > visibility. > > I bought my own boat a poly, Hasle Explorer and paddeled by my own > in the outer Oslo fjord region spring 1998. There were lot of solotrips in > early Sunday mornings, and I gained experience on paddling by my own. I > started the paddling activity at this location at the inner fjord as the > nearby airport Oslo (Fornebu) was closed down october 1998 and initiated > the DNV paddling club. Now July 2000, the DNV paddling club owns 6 > polyethylene boats. 4 of type Hasle Explorer, Norwegian made ( > behasle_at_online.no ) and 2 Capella, UK made from > http://www.phcompany.co.uk/ . The boats are very much in use of the club > members and every Tuesday the club have trips among the islands in > addition to trips initiated by cub members together with their familiy and > friends. > > During wintertime we have pool session with Eskimo roll and rescue > practice. Safety issues are therefore inportant since we introduce a large > number of novices to seakayaking. To cover the need for instructors during > the pool sessions, we hire in instructors. For the pool session last > winter we hired in the general sectretary of Norwegian Paddling > Assosiasion ( http://www.padling.no/index.html ), Sven Nordby Andersen. > (By the way, Our Norwegian hope for the olympics in Paddling, Knut Holman > comes from the area and is a member in the same club as Sven.) > > Paddling is good stuff for back and stomach, - upper body in > general. The athletic excersise by paddling is a good supplement for > training as cross contry skiing and aerobics. As the winters turn out > nowaday here, there are lesser snow, milders winters. Hence paddling > contribute to a balanced training and development of muscels. > > I recommend that other companies with similar opportunities should > sponsor such activities as paddling, aerobics, soccer, tennis, golf etc, > etc The outcome of this is the loyalty to company and keeps and the > employees fit for fight and companies profitable!!!! > > PS > To the safety side of your query. I myself work with technical > issues regaring piping and pipelines and not so much the human elements. > However, here are some links to internet sites gathered by others in DNV > on our intranet: > > SHE (Safety Health Environment): http://www.eig.com/smodex.htm > What is a Hazard? <http://www.nzepmu.org.nz/Hazards.htm> > Ill-health and the Work Environment > <http://www.agius.com/hew/resource/workenv.htm> > Self-Inspection Checklists > <http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/smallbusiness/chklist.html> > Workplace Safety Self-Inspection Checklist > <http://www.qs9000.com/forms/FRM7-14.txt> > Avoid Common Office Injuries <http://www.eig.com/smos/smo96043.htm> For specific paddling issues i think this link by Redwings Design is good: http://home.ican.net/~735769/ > Please enjoy the links. My view on safety issues as for paddling: be > prepared (as scouts says), but to know what to be prepared for one have to > participate. > > Tor > http://www.dnv.no > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:33:16 PDT