Sea Kayaking 102, Sea Kayak Boat Handling

Description - Class not offered this year Sea Kayak Boat Handling intro. Balancing your kayak on edge is a critical skill for effective turning, steering straight in wind, and dealing with rough water conditions, but in order to paddle with your boat on edge, you need to feel confident that you won't capsize if you lose your balance. This confidence comes from learning effective bracing strokes. In this class, you'll be introduced to the high and low brace for balance and the two kinds of hip snap used for them. You'll also learn how to move your kayak sideways in order to raft up with others and how you can tow another kayak to deal with numerous safety problems. Students who are interested in learning to roll will be given drills to prepare for taking a rolling lesson (kayak rolling is not taught in this class, but this class will build the fundamentals needed to learn it). This course builds on the fundamentals taught in our SK101 class with some review of the strokes you learned