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Clinic
Essential Sea Kayak Skills - Deception Pass
Put the skills you have worked on in the rest of the Essential Skills series to use by paddling in current in Deception Pass. Introduction to currents, bracing, and rescues in current.
- Sun, Mar 17, 2024
- Seattle Sea Kayaking
- Sea Kayaking
- Adults
- Sea Kayak III
- Moderate
- Mileage: 6.0 nm
- Maximum Wind: 12.0 kts
- Maximum Waves: 2 ft
- Maximum Currents: 4.5 kts
- Pace: 2.5 kts
- $25.00 $50.00
- FULL, 2 on waitlist (7 capacity)
- FULL (5 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Bowman Bay boat at 8:00 AM.
Note: Please only sign up for this session OR the session on Saturday. This will give others a chance to experience Deception Pass.
Basic competence in these on the water skills will boost your confidence to paddle competently on a variety of trips. Each clinic will focus on one area of skills. You can take all sessions, or as many as you feel you need. These are introductory clinics, but all levels are welcome. You must be a Basic Sea Kayak graduate, or have club equivalency status.
Dates for the other clinics:
Forward Stroke 2/4
Balance, Bracing, Moving Sideways 2/10
Rescues and Towing 2/17
Directional Control 3/9
Kayaking in Currents 3/17
Kayaking with a Greenland Paddle 2/24
(Kayaking in Wind and Waves was offered in Nov. 2023)
If you have experience paddling in currents and would like to be an assistant, sign up or send me an email.
Deception Pass
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Sea Trails Deception Pass and Skagit Bay WA101
NOAA Bellingham to Everett No. 18423
NOAA Anacortes to Skagit Bay No. 18427 - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
Standard Kayak Equipment Plus:
- Helmet
- Spare Clothing
- Tow rope (if you have one)