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Index
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
01 - Equipment
THE BOAT
CHOOSING A KAYAK
RUDDERS AND SKEGS
BUILT-IN BUOYANCY
SEATS
CUSTOMIZING YOUR COCKPIT
SPRAY SKIRTS AND SPRAY DECKS
PADDLES
BAGS AND CONTAINERS
REPAIR KIT
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
EPIRBS
CLOTHING
LOADING A KAYAK
KAYAK MAINTENANCE
02 - Technique
PADDLING
GREENLAND STYLE
PADDLE BRACES
MANOEUVRING
TURNING IN WIND
SAILING
SURFING AT SEA
03 - Risk, self-rescue and assisted rescues
DAILY PLANNING
TAKING ADVICE
GROUP TRAVEL
RESCUE
ASSISTED RESCUES
04 - Navigation
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
TAKING RANGES AND BEARINGS AND ESTIMATING SPEED AND DISTANCE IN THE WIND
OPEN CROSSINGS
MORE ABOUT WIND
NAVIGATING IN THE PRESENCE OF COASTAL WINDS
DEALING WITH COASTAL CURRENTS
NAVIGATING ESTUARIES AND HEADLANDS
NAVIGATING AT NIGHT
SNIFFING UP LAND
05 - Weather
WIND ORIENTATION
BAROMETER
TROPICAL WEATHER
WEATHER IN THE SUBPOLAR AND COOLER TEMPERATE ZONES
TEMPERATE WEATHER
06 - Reading the sea
OCEAN SWELLS, WINDBLOWN WAVES AND CHOP
INTERFERENCE WAVES: RIPS, OVERFALLS AND CLAPOTIS
PLUNGING, SPILLING AND SURGING BREAKERS
BOOMERS
WAVES AND WIND SPEED
TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS
OCEAN CURRENTS
07 - Hazards
SURF
RIP CURRENTS, TIDE RIPS, WIND RIPS AND WHIRLPOOLS
CORAL
RIVER ENTRANCES
LIVE HAZARDS
SHIPS AND OTHER MONSTERS
ICEBERGS, BERGY BITS AND GROWLERS
SEA ICE
SEA KAYAKING SOLO
08 - Storm and other emergency procedures
RUNNING BEFORE A STORM
LYING TO A DROGUE
RAFTING UP
THE ULTIMATE STORMS
SLEEPING IN A KAYAK
SEPARATION AT SEA
TOWING
09 - Camping, food gathering and the environment
THE LOW-IMPACT PADDLER
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
CAMPING IN THE LAND OF STORMS
CAMPING IN THE SUN
SECURITY
FOOD
HUNTING, FISHING AND DIVING FROM A KAYAK
10 - First aid
TENOSYNOVITIS
KAYAKER’S ARM (CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME)
KAYAKER’S ELBOW
BACK INJURIES
DISLOCATIONS
CHAFING AND SALTWATER RASHES
BLISTERS
BOILS, CARBUNCLES AND PRESSURE SORES
INFECTIONS
SEASICKNESS
SUNBURN
PHOTOTOXICITY
DEHYDRATION
EXHAUSTION AND HALLUCINATIONS
HYPERTHERMIA
HYPOTHERMIA
COLD SHOCK
11 - Survival situations
SURVIVAL AT SEA WITH NO BOAT
SURVIVAL WITH A BOAT
DRINKING WATER
MAROONED
12 - Planning an expedition
THE SCHEDULE
LEADERSHIP
PRE-DEPARTURE WORK
SPONSORS
PHYSICAL PREPARATION
13 - Tours, rentals and instruction
TOURS
RENTALS
LESSONS AND INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS
A WELL-BALANCED INSTRUCTIONAL SEA KAYAKING PROGRAM (FROM CANADA’S WEST COAST)
CLUB COURSES
14 - Sea kayaking for people with special needs
Appendix A: Transoceanic solos
Appendix B: Sea kayaking photography
Appendix C: Responsibility in the outdoors
Bibliography
Index
Copyright Page
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