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KAYAKING IN DARTMOUTH

Here is a selection of things to learn next:

Once you know you can get out of a boat if it turns over there are some intermediate skills you can learn. These don't actually require you to turn upside - for instance to practice rescues you can exit your boat by walking in from a beach or by sliding in off a raft of kayaks.

How to be rescued, & how to do a rescue a good basic rescue

How to rescue a larger person variation for larger person

The following also don't require any capsizing (we hope to get video clips of all in time):

How to stop a kayak

How to go sideways, simplest

How to go sideways, T draw

How to go sideways, sculling draw

How to go backwards

How to do a stern rudder left & right side

How to turn while using stern rudder

How to fix on a skeg properly

How to get out onto a pontoon

How to get out onto a beach

How to get on the water again from a beach

How to walk around a raft

How to tow a kayak 1 on 1

How to tow a kayak 1 on 2

How to avoid the Lower Ferry

How to do a low brace turn

How to go past people casting with rods

How to push a kayak

How to deal with cramp

Intro to bow rudder turn

How to pick up and throw a ball to play simple canoe polo
Learning to do without a skeg
How to avoid getting hit by motor boats

Simple low recovery

Simple sculling for support

why not to get stuck between moored yachts in a strong tide