Once again the weekend was a great time. We started in the lecture theater, getting an insight to how the SCA are working, what grants are available and what course to do next.
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| Lots of shiny new P&H boats |
Giles then ran a "Coaching the mind" workshop in the afternoon covering things like; Concentration, Arousal, Imagery and how they can be used to effectively coach.
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| Start of the Sea trip on Sunday from Hopeman to Lossymouth |
Sunday, our group was on the Sea kayak "journey and leadership" course with Giles. We paddled from Hopeman to Lossymouth past beaches, caves and cliffs.
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| One of the huge caves on the coastline |
We talked a lot about the "planning tactics" of sea trips such as; weather, tides, distance, journey type, and equipment.
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| Lunch in the sun |
We did lots of close quarter paddling, in and out of caves, between rocks and even some surfing near the end.
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| Round the point of the coast where we had fun in the surf |
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| Some fun surf near the end of the day |
Monday was 3 start sea assesment at Fort George. We covered all the aspects of the syllabus during our round trip across the tidal race of the Murry Firth. I really enjoyed learning about all the ways to control the kayak learning the differences between sea and rec boats. I found there was a lot more to know on tides, nav and trip planning so that is my focus now.
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| The crossing from Fort George to Chanorny point |
Cheers SCA and Giles for a great weekend of boating.
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