COURSES AND TUITION

Adelaide Canoe Works not only offers the best prices and great service for all your canoeing needs, but now also offers a range of kayaking courses.
You can join a Kayak School and learn all the basics of paddling and receive your Australian Canoeing Basic Skills Certificate, or get involved with learning the art of Sea Kayaking.

BASIC SKILLS. 'Kayak School'

is a day of instruction by qualified Australian Canoeing Inc. Instructors from Adelaide Canoe Works. Learn a wide range of skills to increase your paddling enjoyment as well as keeping you safe on the water. You will learn how to control your craft using the various strokes, including,

Forward paddling

Draw strokes

Reverse paddling

Emergency stop

Sweep strokes

Capsize drill

Support strokes

Rescue techniques

Kayak School is run monthly and bookings are essential. The cost is $120 including all equipment and certificate ( if requested). Check out the dates below.

INTRODUCTION TO SEA KAYAKING
If sea kayaking is really your passion, check out our “Intro to Sea Skills” Program that can give you a taste of sea kayaking. It allows you to learn the skills needed to handle a sea kayak in a variety of conditions. If you don’t have your own sea kayak we can supply a suitable craft for the course. The course covers the areas of;

Revision of all skills as applicable to sea kayaks

Launching and landing techniques

Weather information

Lean steering and using a rudder at sea

Sea kayaks - basic design principles

Kayak control

Kayak paddler - fit and setup

Rescues for sea kayaks

Sea kayak towing techniques

 

Cost $120. Bookings essential. Pre-requisite Basic Skills – Kayak School

RESCUES AND TOWING COURSE

When you need to know how to rescue yourself or others, this is the course for you.
One of the most important skills in kayaking is to be able to get yourself and others out of trouble. This course gives you the answers on how to rescue another craft and you will benefit from years of experience accumulated by our instructors.
We will cover the areas of self rescue, X rescue, wedge rescue, towing systems and their use. A great course for any paddler paddling with others on day or multi-day trips
Check the dates below. Cost $120 Bookings essential.

Other courses are run in our GO PADDLING SEA KAYAK program which is part of our sea kayak sales program and available to paddlers purchasing their sea kayak from Adelaide Canoe Works. Just another advantage of choosing from our great range.

Basic Skills Course

Intro to Sea Skills Course

Rescues and Towing

6/7/08

28/9/08

9/11/08

3/8/08

12/10/08

14/2/09

6/9/08

16/11/08

18/4/09

5/10/08

14/12/08

 

2/11/08

18/1/09

 

7/12/08

15/2/09

 

1/2/09

19/4/09

 

1/3/09

 

 

5/4/09

 

 

3/5/09

 

 

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