This event began 01/30/2024 and repeats every week on Tuesday until 02/06/2024
Sea-kayak navigation for beginners.
A series of 2x2 hrs sessions to be held at Kendal Leisure Centre in Jan/ Feb 2024. The course fee of 1x£10 per person (non-refundable) will cover the cost of Leisure Centre room hire for both sessions. So as to maximise opportunities for club members please sign up only if you are certain you can attend both sessions.
This event begins with session 1 on Tuesday 30th January 2024 and is followed (by session 2) on Tuesday 6th February 2024.
Tuesday 30th Jan 2024 at 19.15-21.15
Tuesday 6th Feb 2024 at 19.15-21.15
No previous experience of sea-kayak navigation required or necessary.
The signing on process is as follows ...
RSVP on the calendar in the usual way; you'll need to sign up for both Tuesday evenings since the calendar may not link the two events as one.
Pay 1x£10 to the LCC account using sort code 204528 with account number 80558613 using reference SKN2024/1-2 and your initials - e.g. SKN2024/1-2/AM (Andy Murphy)
When your name appears on the RSVP list and you have paid LCC, send your email address to me at andymtw@icloud.com and I'll send out additional information (en-bloc) towards the middle of January 2024. I'll set up a WhatsApp group around the 10th of January 2024.
Outline general format for the 2 sessions as follows…
deck-top navigation equipment and mindset,
direction and terminology: bearing, course over ground, track, course to steer, drift, heading,
scales: nM, km, M, distance and speed,
charts vs. maps,
position fixing and transits,
tides and tidal streams,
simple pilotage
passage planning,
linear trips inshore
<5km crossings
Some items will be required for this course: Silva type mountaineering compass, hard copy 2024 tide tables for Dover, Liverpool, Greenock, Oban and Ullapool, (https://www.tidetimes.org.uk/dover-tide-times) , OS Map number 62, pencil and ruler.
More information to follow by email / WhatsApp in mid-Jan.
