Canoeing 101
Safety
- BSA's Safety Afloat [for canoeing]
- quality adult supervision
- 2 adult leaders, at least one is >21yo
- must have people certified in:
CPR,
- 1st Aid,
- Lifeguard
- physical fitness
- updated Class 3 med forms
- any preexisting problems?
- discipline
- rules are understood and agreed to
- discipline is NOT yelling
- buddy system
- all participants must be buddied
- all boats must be buddied
- equipment
- all equipment in good repair
- paddles go with boats
- swimming ability
- all participants must pass 1st Class swim test
- planning
- published float plan
- all participant's families have float plan
- PFD's
- Everyone wears them
- Properly fitted
- Type II or III
Canoeing terminology:
- parts of a canoe
- bow
- stern
- hull
- painter
- stern
- seat
- thwart
- gunwale
- decking
- baler
- centerline
- draft
- waterline
- width (beam)
- parts of a paddle
- tip
- throat
- blade
- shaft
- grip
- river vs flatwater
- loading and securing equipment
- care, maintenance, and storage.
- types of canoes (hull shape, gunwhal height, rock)
- whitwater
- flatwater
- racing
- enclosed
- kayaks
- whitewater
- touring
- puddling
- fun-yaks
- sails
- materials
- fiberglass
- aluminum
- ABS
- polyethylene
Preliminary stuff
- carrying
- lanching
- landing
- postions in boat
- changing places in a canoe (in water)
Paddling
- Common strokes
- general comments
- correct form
- where's the power
- feathering
- strokes
- forward stroke (power stroke)
- backward stroke (backwater)
- forward sweep
- reverse sweep
- quarter sweep.
- diagonal draw
- stop (hold water)
- pullover
- push away
- inside pivot
- outside pivot
- sculling
- Bow
- Sterm
- Solo
- procedures/responsibilities
- postion
- strokes
Emergency procedures
- getting back into a canoe from water
- uncapsizing a single canoe
- uncapsizing another canoe