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Essential Sea Kayak Skills - Deception Pass

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Essential Sea Kayak Skills - Deception Pass

Put the skills you have worked on in the rest of the Essential Sea Kayaking Skills clinic series to use by paddling in current at Deception Pass.

Contacts

Will Wade
Will Wade
Primary Leader
  • Sea Kayak IV
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 4.0 nm
  • Maximum Wind: 15 kts
  • Maximum Waves: 2 ft
  • Maximum Currents: 4.1 kts
  • $25.00 $50.00
  • 1 (6 capacity)
  • FULL (6 capacity)
  • Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 6:00 PM
  • Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 5:00 PM
  • Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Registration available for participants of any of this or last years Essential Sea Kayaking Skills clinics until the 17th, then anyone can sign up with permission. If you successfully completed one of the clinics, feel free to check the permission box.

Build on the competence you worked on in the essential skills series. We will be practicing crossing eddy lines and controlling your boat in the ebb currents of Deception Pass. We will also do a refresher on bracing skills and rescues.

Deception pass  the moving water gives us a perfect school room to practice handling our boats in more challenging conditions.  Plus it is a beautiful place to paddle.  This outting will introduce  you to paddling in Deception pass and paddling in moving water.

Paddling in dynamic water, water that is actively trying to tip you over is where you learn to apply edging and bracing.  You'll likely get it wrong a few times so comfort with capsize, wet exit, and buddy rescue are essential.  
You should be comfortable getting in and out of your boat in flat water.  Rescues should be fairly routine.  A little fear about doing them in Deception Pass is fine but you should be up for the adventure.  

Time change: 10am meet.

Meet at Bowman Bay at 10am.

Route/Place

Deception Pass


  • Sea Trails Deception Pass and Skagit Bay WA101
    NOAA Bellingham to Everett No. 18423
    NOAA Anacortes to Skagit Bay No. 18427
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Sea kayak essentials

Helmet. Let me know if you need one, I have a single loaner.

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