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SUMMARY:Finding Your Way: Navigation Practicum
DESCRIPTION:This set of weekend classes will cover just about everything you need to know for on-water navigation and give you repeated opportunities to practice new skills in real life.  \nReview how to read a nautical chart and\, more importantly\, practice comparing what you see on the chart to what you are looking at while you’re on the water. The classes will include understanding aids to navigation\, using ranges\, how to measure distance\, the basics of the “rules of the road”\, and how to safely cross busy boat channels. Learn how to use a chart and compass together to plot a course and then follow that course to a specific location. \nWe will also challenge you with games that will test and stretch your navigation skills. One will be a team challenge that will require your team to follow a series of clues\, navigating from one place to another to reach the final goal. \nIf you have questions or want to reserve a spot in this course\, email Rick Wiebush at crosscurrentsseakayaking@gmail.com
URL:https://md-kayaker.com/event/finding-your-way-navigation-practicum/
LOCATION:Kent Island
CATEGORIES:Kayak Class
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SUMMARY:Paddle Smarter\, Not Harder: Women’s Skills Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This course is all about helping grow the women who have recently started in our sport and for those who may have been paddling for a while but have never had outstanding formal instruction. The women who did this course in previous years absolutely loved it! The class emphasizes the ways in which women can use proper technique\, better balance\, and a supportive learning environment to develop and enhance skill development. Learn how small women can keep up with the big boys\, or even leave them in the dust. Explore ways of using your body to facilitate assisted- and self-rescues\, and see how a lower center of gravity can be a huge\nadvantage in some aspects of paddling. This is all about paddling smarter\, not harder. \nThe classes on both days will be on flat\, calm water. On Saturday\, the focus will be on strokes. It will start with a review of the basics and emphasize effective use of the body to get maximum performance with minimum effort. \nSunday will be all about Recovery and Rescues. The focus is on ways to perform self and assisted rescues. The class will start with a review of the basics\, then we will work on different aspects of a rescue starting with boat maneuvering\, using your body to effectively perform an assisted rescue\, climbing back into a kayak using a variety of techniques\, plus a few more scenarios. There will be more fun\, more games and more laughs. \nThere will be housing options\, including renting a house in the historic Chestertown area. If you want to get a motel or rent your own Airbnb\, that’s fine too. In addition\, we will have some way of socializing on Saturday night. \nIf you have questions or want to reserve a spot in this course\, email Rick Wiebush at crosscurrentsseakayaking@gmail.com
URL:https://md-kayaker.com/event/paddle-smarter-not-harder-womens-skills-workshop/
LOCATION:Turners Creek\, Kent County MD\, Turners Creek Rd\, Kennedyville\, MD\, 21645
CATEGORIES:Kayak Class
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SUMMARY:Incident management
DESCRIPTION:This course will train participants in how to deal with situations in which – in spite of the assessed risks – things have gone very wrong. \nSometimes\, in spite of careful planning and risk assessment\, bad stuff happens. The situations that arise – and responding appropriately to them – will form the main part of this course. During a journey on the water\, various and multiple manufactured “incidents” will confront the group and will need to be dealt with by them. These may include relatively mild incidents like the paddler who wants to go off on her own\, or a lost hatch cover. They will also likely include more serious incidents like a capsized paddler who is unable to get back in his boat\, a lost paddler\, or a situation in which everyone in the group has capsized. \nThis course is on flat water\, but it will challenge you both physically and mentally. It will also deepen your understanding of how to prevent “incidents” and how to respond safely and creatively to them when they do happen. Both because and in spite of the above\, this course is also an incredible amount of fun! \nIf you have questions or want to reserve a spot in this course\, email Rick Wiebush at crosscurrentsseakayaking@gmail.com
URL:https://md-kayaker.com/event/incident-management-3/
LOCATION:Turners Creek\, Kent County MD\, Turners Creek Rd\, Kennedyville\, MD\, 21645
CATEGORIES:Kayak Class
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SUMMARY:Paddle Smarter II: Becoming an Asset
DESCRIPTION:The objective of this new Paddle Smarter program is to build on Part I by refining and expanding participants” skill set\, especially on bouncier water. The goal is to give women the tools to become an asset (and maybe a leader) for any group with which they are paddling.\nThe first day will be back at Turner Creek near Chestertown\, focusing on review and refinement of skills\, with some play in the boat wakes. The second day will be at Kent Island with its more dynamic water. This venue will increase both risk and opportunities for growth. \nOne purpose will be to understand and become comfortable with moving water. So on Sunday\, time will be spent just feeling how the boat moves and responds in more dynamic conditions and figuring out what changes are needed to adapt to these different paddling circumstances. We will take the strokes and maneuvers we already have learned and  apply them “on the move”\, then reflect on what did and didn’t work and make subsequent adaptations. How can we best make the boat do what we want it to do\, i.e.\, boat control. \nSecondly\, we will work on adapting the rescues we’ve practiced to the new conditions created by wind\, current and small waves. What do we need to be aware of in terms of getting to a capsized paddler\, positioning them during the rescue\, and safely and effectively emptying their boat and getting them back in it? In addition\, we’ll experiment with doing self-rescues in bouncier water and challenging our balancing skills! \nThe third area of focus will be on towing. What are the various circumstances under which someone may need to be towed? What equipment is needed? What are the various types of tows that can be used for different circumstances? For practice\, everyone will have an opportunity to be both the one doing the towing and the person being towed. \nIf you have questions or want to reserve a spot in this course\, email Rick Wiebush at crosscurrentsseakayaking@gmail.com
URL:https://md-kayaker.com/event/paddle-smarter-ii-becoming-an-asset/
LOCATION:Turners Creek\, Kent County MD\, Turners Creek Rd\, Kennedyville\, MD\, 21645
CATEGORIES:Kayak Class
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