About the workshops, First, Jack Martin has helped me out in many ways, many times. I am pleased to have him say anything he likes when ever he wants. I am writing a small cold water paddling article for the December issue of Atlantic Coastal Kayaker. I was thinking of listing any cold water workshops that were planned for January to April, 2002. So far such workshops have been run by Chesapeake Paddler Association, Downtown Boathouse, and Atlantic Kayak Tours (Bill Lozano). The general public is never exposed to such information in standard USCGAux, Power squadron, US Boat, or State Fish and Game boating courses. That is why new paddlers coming into the paddling community are always totally ignorant about then risks of cold water boating. I was just lobbying, in an indirect sort of way, for clubs or other groups in other parts of the country to start offering cold water boating clinics. CPA has had up to about 90 attendees at one of these courses, run in January, when the water was 38 degrees F. I believe everyone found the one-day course to be worthwhile. Cheers, Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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