Helensburgh CC

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Dates January 2011

JANUARY

Tuesday 11^th:                POOL.             Open Practice Session

Thursday 13^th.           John St.            Sea Kayak Navigation

Sat or Sun  15^th/16^th River Trip Contact Grant grant.dolier@gmail.com

Tuesday 18^th POOL              Basic Skills Course.   Sea Boat Clinic

Thursday 20^th John ST            Sea Kayak Planning

Sat or Sun 22^nd/23rd   Sea/Loch Trip Contact Hugh is.entropical@virgin.net

Tuesday 25^th POOL              Basic Skills Course Small Boat Clinic

FEBRUARY

W/E TBC                     Loch Lomond.   Open Boat and Winter Camping Weekend

Contact Willie   feochan@tesco.net

Tuesdays                      POOL              Basic Skills Course      Sea and Small Boat

(Alternate)

MARCH

Tuesday 22^nd POOL              Basic Skills Course Finishes

Thurs 24^th (TBC)          John St             AGM. Talk on a 2 month expedition to Croatia

Sat 26^th Loch Lomond  BCU 2 Star Assessment

APRIL/MAY

Tuesday s                     POOL              Basic Skills for Youngsters

Thursdays                     Various            Club Evening

May 22^nd -29^th Club Sea Kayak Expedition to Outer Hebrides.

Contact Hugh  is.entropical@virgin.net

Got a spare hour or so? Forget X Factor, Strictly and all that. Here’s something worth watching – the Paddle to Seattle. Two guys build and then paddle their kayaks from Alaska to Seattle.

Some of us managed the show on the Saturday, here’s the video the SCA produced marking the Tay Decent that was part of Paddle 2010.

Kayakers: The biggest club meet yet with 27 in attendance.

Activities: In the morning everybody had a chance to try out a sea kayak (including the new North Shore Atlantic), a river boat and one of the club’s Canoes. Sue and Alan gave a short demo of self rescue: Roll, Paddle Float and Re-Entry and Roll. In the afternoon there was a short paddle with some seal launching for the small boats. Despite a grey cold day that dis-integrated in the afternoon into heavy rain, a good time was apparently had by all.