Join us for a scheduled "Overboard Skills Session" for paddlers on Saturday, September 6th, 2008, from 1 to 3pm at the Huron City beach at the end of Ohio Street in Huron, Ohio.
Session will include: vaulting out of canoe, reentry from deep water, swamping canoe, reentry and hand and paddle paddling while swamped, recovery of canoe to shallow water, emptying canoe and rerighting and canoe over canoe rescue. For the kayak: wet exits, Eskimo roll (that is if anyone can demo and instruct this, it has been a long time since I have practiced), kayak over kayak or canoe, use of bailers and whatever skills might help capsized paddlers.
BE CAPSIZE WISE.
THE UNEXPECTED FLIP OF A CANOE OR KAYAK CAN PUT A PADDLER IN QUITE A PREDICAMENT. JOIN OHIO HISTORIC CANOE ROUTE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS TIM BALDUFF AND JUDY DAIELLO FOR AN OVERBOARD SKILLS SESSION SEPTEMBER 6, SATURDAY, 1 TO 3PM, AT THE HURON CITY BEACH. THE SESSION WILL INCLUDE IMPORTANT RESCUE SKILLS SUCH AS DEEP WATER AND SWAMPED CRAFT REENTRY, CANOE OVER CANOE RESCUE, USE OF BAILERS, THROW ROPES AND SOLO RE-RIGHTING TECHNIQUES. SCOUT TROOPS, WATER RESCUE TEAMS, CANOE TRIP LEADERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO VIEW THIS CRAFTY EVENT.
CANOEISTS AND KAYAKERS INTERESTED IN BECOMING CAPSIZE WISEGUYS SHOULD REGISTER BY CALLING OHCRA MEMBER TIM BALDUFF AT 419-626-3872