Alongside the normal meet Sacheduled for Salthill, Dunlaoghaire
we are offering a chance for any paddlers going for the L3 assessment to do a \"Boot Camp\"
basically we will spend our evening practising strokes which are elementary for L3 assessment
including the following from the syllabus.
Strokes
2.01 Forward Paddle, Reverse Paddle, Emergency Stop.
2.02 Forward Sweep, Reverse Sweep and a combination of Forward and Reverse Sweep.
2.03 Draw Stroke
2.04 Sculling Draw
2.05 Sculling for Support
2.06 Low Brace
2.07 High Brace
2.08 Low Brace Turn
2.09 Stern Rudder
2.10 Bow Rudder
Techniques
2.11 Entry and Exit
2.12 Edging
2.13 paddling in a following wind, beam winds and head winds
2.14 Record and interpret a marine weather forecast
2.15 Paddling into, bracing and turning in small surf. ( 1 Foot)
2.16 Read a tide table to ascertain the time of high-water.
2.17 Capsize Drill in deep water, getting back into kayak with assistance.
Rescues
2.18 Assisted X Rescue and an X Rescue
2.19 Eskimo Rescue
2.20 Eskimo Roll
contact me at meets(at)ecskc(doteu if you are interested
Thanks
Alan