Lakewater Level 1 Skills

Aim
Lakewater Level 1 is designed to perfect tandem paddling skills and continue the development of solo paddling skills.

Prerequisites
PC Flatwater Level, equivalent experience, or comparable skills and experience (with the permission of the Course Director).

Course Lengths
Level 1A   Nine (9) hours
Level 1B   Nine (9) hours
Level 1    Sixteen (16) hours

Class ratio
Level 1A   1 instructor:10 participants
Level 1B   1 instructor:6 participants
Level 1    1 instructor:10 participants and 1 instructor:6 participants respectively

Overview of Lakewater Level 1 Skills

Level 1A (Tandem)
Safety Skills

Tandem Skills

Knowledge
  • Swimming and treading water
  • Retrieving a swamped canoe
  • Canoe over canoe rescue
  • Self rescue
  • Line toss and rescue
  • Pivots
  • Sideward displacement
  • Circles
  • Reverse and forward straight lines
  • Landings
  • Triangular course in wind
  • Slalom course
  • Portaging
  • Canoeing heritage
  • Canoe design and construction
  • Canoeing dynamics
  • Canoeing first aid
  • Canoeing resources
Level 1B (Solo)
Safety Skills Solo Skills Knowledge
  • Includes all of the above items, except the triangular course in wind and slalom section.

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