Sea-kayak safety and rescue practice

Event details

1. Event co-ordinator:     Liz Cowell

2. Trip Leader/s:      Liz Cowell/ Charles Eggleston 

3. Trip type:    Lake. Sea kayaks only.

4. Level of ability :             Beginner, Improver 

5. Date:                               Saturday 13th April 2024

6. Venue:    Glencoyne,

Ullswater

7. Meet location/ timings: 

• Meet at 10.00, to be on the water for 10.30.
• Meet in National Trust car park at Glencoyne. Grid Ref: 387 189
• Plan is to have a ‘dry’ morning - concentrating on contact towing and towing. Emphasis as much on what it is like to be towed and how you can help the person rescuing.
• Break for lunch.
• Afternoon to practice a deepwater rescue, emphasis again on being rescued as much as rescuing.
• I am a small not so strong female paddler so will give techniques that help to make it easier for similar paddlers. 
• Off the water as people get cold approx 2-3pm

8. Meet to share lifts:  Always good to share lifts to save on fuel & emissions. Check the WhatsApp group nearer the km time.

9. Anything else:  Please bring lunch and a warm drink. 

Please read notes re trips here:

Or sea trips here: https://lakelandcanoeclub.wordpress.com/trips/

The trip will be led by a BC-qualified or an LCC-approved leader/coach.  However, we will paddle as a team taking joint responsibility for each other’s safety on the water.