CANOE: Intermediate: Rescue Practice -- West

  • August 29, 2018
  • 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
  • NBBC Boatyard, 51 Ash St., Brooklyn, NY 11222
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CANOE: Intermediate: Rescue Training

  • Skill level: Intermediate (see what this means here)
  • Meet: 5:45
  • Gate locked: 6:00
  • Launch: 6:00
  • Slack at 31st St.: 6:51, to flood
  • Return: 8:30
  • Release: 8:45
  • Trip leader: Michael and Patterson / mr.haskell and pbeckwith at the ol' gmail.
  • What to wear and bring

Rescue me! Or rather, let's all rescue one another! Or just watch people rescuing canoes! Either way, let's paddle down to Bushwick Inlet, take in the sunset, and paddle home by city lights.

This will be a refresher for those who have already taken ACA Level 2 courses and a primer for those looking to do so. You don't have to participate in rescues if you don't want to: we'll maintain at least one dry boat.

We will take tandem canoes to Bushwick Inlet (assuming the temperature continues to be in the billions) and practice swamping and rescuing them.

If you want to practice rescues, bring clothes you can swim in! We will maintain a dry boat where we can store our belongings, but rescuing is an in-water activity, and you will get wet if you participate. Wear clothes and shoes (shoes are absolutely mandatory) that can get wet and that will not come off (no flip-flops).