The folks over at Adventure Kayaking magazine have published a blog post on the high brace. It is worth a read, make sure you read some of the comments as well.
High Brace Kayak Technique
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Category Archives: Safety
Rough Water Rescues
Ryan Rushton, co-host and coach for The Gales Storm Gathering, has posted a recap of the event at (http://www.levelsix.com/rough-water-rescues/). It is worth taking a read. I had previously posted the video of one of the rescues that occurred during the event.
Gales Sea Kayak Rescue Video
This came via CKF.org (via BASK):
This sea kayak rescue took place during a coaches only surf session during the 2012 Gales Storm Gathering on Lake Superior at Wawa, ON. Conditions for the day were winds Force 8-9 and seas to 4 meters. http://vimeo.com/56926839
Article: Safety in Numbers?
Our friend Wayne Horodowich has an excellent article about safety in group paddling. (via Duane Strosaker) http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?628
Safety Class
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Nineteen! Some folks are so renowned that you need only mention their first name. We’re fortunate to have such a woman in our local paddling community. When Jen Kleck generously offered SDKC two free sessions on kayak safety, 19 paddlers … Continue reading
The ABCDEs of safe kayaking
From the recent safety training course provide by Jen Kleck:
Area (boat traffic, splinters on the dock, weather, etc)
Boat and equipment (floatation, no broken rudders/skegs, deck lines, spray skirts, PFDs properly adjusted, spare paddle, tow line, etc)
Communication (within group: signals, whistles, etc & outside: cell phone or VHF radio (SPOT device))
Doctor (medicines, first aid kit)
“Emergencies” or incidents (what to do if there’s a capsize)
Calling for Help on a VHF Radio
A visiting Coast Guard rep gave us the following simple steps in using your VHF radio for emergency calls:
- Turn radio power on
- Tune to channel 16
- Press transmit button and clearly state three times “Mayday” (for distress) or “Pan-Pan” (for urgent)
- State: you are a kayaker named … your position …. nature of emergency …. kind of assistance needed …. number of persons …. other useful info ….
- State “over” and release transmit button
- Wait 30 seconds, repeat above steps if no response received.
Because kayaks are low profile, the range of the transmitting radio may only be a mile or so. But the radio towers or passing vessels may be able to pick up your signal, so continue to transmit intermittently until a response is received.