Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10, 2012, 10am-5pm

This two day course is open only to current SCS members so be sure to join or renew your membership when you sign up. Space is very limited, so sign up early!
To sign up or for more information, contact SCS at 747-7509.
Cost is $75 for the 2-day course (drysuits included). Kayak rental is $35 per day through Latitude Adventures. A 10% will be offered to participants who provide their own drysuit.Skills Course Agenda:
Day 11000 Introduction (15 min)
- Intros- instructors, SCS, Wilderness Project
- Itinerary
- Site logistics- food, water, hot drinks, bathroom, changing area
- ACA
- outline course expectations
- safety briefing- PFD always on in water, helmets, hypothermia risk & mitigation, paying attention to each other and instructors)
- liability release
- Equipment orientation – drysuits later
- Personal clothing and gear
- PFD's, wetsuits, spray skirts
- Safety equipment
- Basic boat design and kayak terminology
- Boat fit and adjustment
- Boat/body weld
- Foot brace adjustment
- Spray skirt attachment/release
- Dry land "wet exit" drill
- Paddle orientation and use
- basic paddle technique
1115 Launching & Landing (30min)
- The paddling environment: wind, waves, weather, water (overview)
- Carrying kayak to and from water
- Entry/exit of kayak from shore or dock
- Boat stability, "hip wiggle,"
- Allow students a few minutes to paddle around and get oriented with their kayak
- Rafting up
- Sweep stroke (forward/reverse/pivot in place)
- Forward Stroke
- Reverse stroke and stopping
- Draw stroke
1245 Lunch (30 min)
- risk management triangle
- hi and low brace
- t-rescue demo (2 instructors)
- stirrup demonstration
- assisted rescue variations (stirrup, swamping the kayak)
- students practice
- paddle-float demo
- students practice
- paddle-float re-entry and roll (if time available)
- advanced bracing- sculling
- all-in practice
- get out of dry suits
- tomorrow's itinerary
Day 2
1000 Monitoring Training (1hr 50 min)
- Plant ID Training (Kitty LaBounty) (40 min)
- Solitude Monitoring (20 min)
- History of Wilderness/Wilderness Character (10 min)
- LNT and Rec. Site (40)
- Tides- theory and practice
- Charts
- Weather
- Basic navigation
- Expectations for the day
- Prepare to get on the water- get dressed, personal gear and snacks, fill water bottles
- Skills and limitations (next steps)
- staying together
- emergencies
- boat traffic
- skills- stroke refinement, edging, running draws
- continued LNT training and practice
- Communication- equipment and protocol
- Signaling
- Boat traffic/Rules of the Road
- "What's in my PFD?" and "What's in my cockpit?"
- Return gear
- Thanks and continue to stay involved in SCS Wilderness Project
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