Beginner
- Attend each class with a positive, “Yes, I Can” attitude
- Cooperate with instructors and canoe partners at all times
- Know parts of the paddle and canoe and recite them from memory
- Understand and explain the performance of different paddle and canoe designs
- Demonstrate proper entry and exit from a tandem canoe
- Demonstrate proficiency (and feathering when appropriate) with the following strokes on both sides:
- Forward stroke
- Back stroke
- Draw
- Sweep and reverse sweep
- Pry F. J-stroke
- Explain how each of the above strokes moves the canoe by answering nine out of ten canoe question cards correctly
- Correctly demonstrate a moving water self-rescue
- Paddle the “RAC 8” in under the identified time
Intermediate/Advanced
- Complete all beginner requirements
- Understand and explain moving water features
- Explain and demonstrate (if possible) eddy turns, peel outs, and ferries
- Explain and demonstrate a high and low brace
- Perform a shallow and deep water dump test and recovery
- Demonstrate “flipping” a canoe to portage it
- Paddle the “RAC 8” in under the identified time in a tandem canoe
- Paddle the “RAC 8” in under the identified time in a solo canoe
Instructor
- Display thorough knowledge and skills of all the above requirements
- Serve as an assistant instructor for at least one sign-up
- Serve as instructor/tutor with a beginner paddler on two evening optionals
- Earn the approval of the head canoeing instructor
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