Hi Matt, At some risk in posting (!) (I'm really looking to see what the favorite GPS is these days after needing my exact position in fog), and maybe this has been answered, but - The main thing is that to be certified as an ACA instructor you have to show you can get in using a paddle float but without the shaft being attached. The shaft of the paddle rests aft of the coming. This is what I use as criteria in certifying. My program is modeled after the staff at Univ. Minnesota Diluth as well as my initial trainers from Maine. I've noticed lately that California or West Coast seem to have some methods that vary. The ACA does allow some leeway between trainers, however - as one person put it recently it like taking the same class from different professors at a university - they might have a different emphasis. To get certified at the most basic level one needs to be able to show the skill and then also to teach it. In this case, coming up in front of or behind the shaft is left up to the individual - I know some like it one way and others like it another - and some can't do it one way but can do it the other way (esp. in terms of beginners.) When teaching beginners it is usual, I believe, to show using the paddle under the bungies, and if you have it, like your design, affixing the system together.... I certainly teach beginners to look for boats that have the system behind the cockpit. How did this all come about, anyway? Andree Andree Hurley Kayak Instruction eXcellence (KIX) Websites - http://www.onwatersports.com/, http://paddling.about.com Brochure: http://onwatersports.com/KIX/KixBrochure.pdf Port Townsend, WA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 29 2003 - 22:55:08 PDT
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