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BCU 5* - discussion

BCU star and coaching awards - interesting American perspective.

BCU Personal Performance and Coaching Awards - links to the BCU website for details of "Star" Awards and Coaching Scheme.

Cross-bow strokes etc and their use in a sea kayak - discusison

Forward paddling - good article from Sea Kayaker Magazine. The Qajaq USA site has a range of video clips on Greenland style forward paddling.

Injury prevention / warm-up - discussion

Jargon in Sea Paddling - our friends on SeaPaddler.co.uk have some definitions of obscure, or not so obscure, kayaking terms.

Knots / lashings / hitches etc - numerous links on the Camping page

Lightning / storms - discussion

Navigation - see the Navigation page

Night paddling - discussion on ways of seeing and being seen at night.

Open crossings / ferryglides - discussion here and here

Paddling technique / paddle choices - discussion

Peeing (yes, really!) on a long trip - discussion on how to do it, or not. See this discussion too.

Rescue techniques - X Rescue, T rescue, sling rescues etc - see the Safety & Rescue page

Rockhopping - Article on playing among the rocks, by Mark Rainsley. See also this discussion

Roll failed? Need to get back in the boat? Use the "Over the Side Rescue" outlined in Sea Kayaker Magazine. A lot safer and easier than trying to come up between the boats, especially in a big sea.

Rolling - excellent article with diagrams and suggestions for success - as is this, click here for some pointers from GORP. Atlantic Kayak Tours also have an excellent section on rolling with animated diagrams. See the Kayak Rolling Cross-reference from Greatlakeskayaker.ca which has got to be one of "the" definitive learning resource a list of lots of different type of rolls and animated diagrams. The Qajaq USA site has a range of video clips on Greenland rolling techniques - click here and scroll towards the bottom of the page. Some good suggestons and animated images from the Performance Video site. See also this discussion. This discussion is relevant to rolling in surf. This article from seacanoe.org offers some thoughts on "hand rolling". Chris Joose's site has some useful video clips of the back-deck roll and hand-roll, albeit using a river boat. Andrew Elizaga has a great video demonstrating a variety of Greenland Rolls. This discussion covers much of the rationale behind learning to roll. This article from Paddling.net has an article on Teaching the Roll which includes a useful video link. Kayakpaddling.net takes a novel approach with some clear animated diagrams. Some excellent video clips are to be found on this Norwegian site - even if you don't understand Norwegian - "Ruller" would appear to be "Rolling". This video has a series of slow-motion rolls.

Safety - see the Safety page.

Seamanship - discussion

Sea-sickness - discussion with some ideas on preventing and dealing with sea-sickness.

Skills / technique - Atlantic Kayak Tours (US site) has an extensive range of illustrated articles on skills, technique, rescues etc. Kayakpaddling.net takes a novel approach with some clear animated diagrams. Many of the sites listed on the Other Sea-kayaking Related Sites page have excellent articles on paddling technique, skills etc. Lots of articles on technique in the archives of Paddling.net. WaveLength magazine also has lots of good articles. Some excellent video clips are to be found on this Norwegian site - even if you don't understand Norwegian!

Surfing - what size of wave is surfable? - discussion. Surfing etiquette - discussion.

Technique, seamanship, "handy hints" can be found in seapaddler.co.uk

Towing / Tow lines - see the Safety & Rescue page

Turning a seakayak - excellent illustrated article from Sea Kayaker mag on strokes and techniques to aid turning, especially in wind. Contains a good description of weathercocking.