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Canoe Lakewater Basic Solo

  • 29 Sep 2024
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • VCKC Clubhouse

Registration

  • Club members who are paying course at VCKC for the first time. You will be invoiced and payment requested 14 days prior to the course.
  • For members who have previously taken this course at VCKC. Members paying for the course will have priority.

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Canoe Lakewater - Basic Solo

This course is $35. Please register online now to secure your spot. You will not pay until two weeks before the course date when you receive an email reminder and invoice.

Learn to paddle a canoe by yourself, even in windy and rough conditions. You’ll adapt the paddling stokes learned in the Level 1 Tandem course to solo paddling while sitting in the centre of a canoe. You’ll gain independence as you enhance your understanding of how a canoe responds to each paddle stroke. By completing this course you’ll be able to branch out to the other courses the club offers, such as ocean tripping and the advanced tandem and solo courses

Capsizes and rescues are part of the course.  All paddlers require a dry- or wet suit, these can be rented in town. Sports Rent Coastal or dive shops have rentals available. .

Topics include:

    Solo paddling positions and trim

    Pivot point

    Extending your strokes for better control

    Solo spins and sideslips

    Self-rescues (Wet/dry suit recommended)

    Effective reverse paddling

    Introduction to environmental ethics

    Access concerns

Our certified instructors deliver the Recreational Canoeing Association of British Columbia’s (RCABC) Lakewater - Basic Solo in a full-day session normally held on the Gorge waterway near the VCKC clubhouse.

All canoeing gear can be provided, however you are encouraged to bring your own equipment if you have it.

PREREQUISITE – RCABC Lakewater Basic Tandem or equivalent.  You must be a club member to take a course, you will not be able to register until you have logged into the website.

Course-specific details will be sent by the instructor one week before the course.

If you have any questions, please contact Ellie James, the course instructor, at elliej6172@gmail.com

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