[Troop139] Kayaking Merit Badge -This Sunday AM
Karl Schubert
kschubert417 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 21 14:44:15 EDT 2012
Hello all!
The course will be held with L.L. Bean on Saturday the 25 of August. Sorry Mr. Beattie.
All other information is accurate, the requirements that Brian and I are focusing on are 7 and 8 because they need to be done in the water. Requirement 6 however has reached a problem due to a liability issue. Brian is trying to contact his boss in Maine to see what could be done about that.
We need all 14 spots to be filled in order to ensure that the instructors can arrange the course for the merit badge, if someone not from the troop signed into that class it would turn into a regular kayaking ODS class.
Thanks for your time.
Karl
On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Diana Valencia wrote:
>
> Gordon,
>
> Is this a ONE day course?
>
> Diana
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT <w2ttt at att.net>
> To: troop139 <troop139 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4:58 am
> Subject: [Troop139] Kayaking Merit Badge -This Sunday AM
>
>
> Hi Folks
> agle Scout Karl Schubert has arranged for a Kayaking Merit Badge Course
> his Sunday at the Eastern Mountain Sports Outdoor Discovery School at
> oncksville reservoir off of Interstate 287.
>
> The $20 cost per Scout will be paid by the Troop, but the Scout must sign up
> omorrow night and be a BSA Swimmer to participate.
>
> Time: 10:00-11:30
> Number of spots:14
>
> The ODS (Outdoor Discovery School) lead, Brian, is the person who Karl
> ontacted to set up this course.
> Enclosed below are the requirements. We will go over them with everyone,
> omorrow evening at the Troop meeting.
> The in-water requirements will be done on Sunday.
>
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
> 201.314.6964
>
> Kayaking Merit Badge
>
> Do the following: (All of this can be completed during a troop meeting)
> a. Explain to your
> ounselor the most likely hazards you may encounter while participating in
> ayaking activities, including weather and water-related hazards, and what
> ou should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these
> azards.
> Review prevention, symptoms, and first-aid treatment for the following
> njuries or illnesses that can occur while kayaking: blisters, cold-water
> hock and hypothermia, heat-related illnesses, dehydration, sunburn,
> prains, and strains.
> b.
> c. Review the BSA
> afety Afloat policy. Explain to your counselor how this applies to kayaking
> ctivities.
> 2.
> 3. Before doing requirements 3 through 8,
> uccessfully complete the BSA swimmer test: Jump feetfirst into water over
> he head in depth. Level off and swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one
> r more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or
> rawl; then swim 25 yards using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards
> ust be completed in one swim without stops and must include at least one
> harp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating. (Do not worry
> bout this they just got back from summer camp and should have already
> ompleted this)
> 4.
> 5. Do the following:
> a. Review the
> haracteristics of life jackets most appropriate for kayaking and why one
> ust always be worn while paddling. Then demonstrate how to select and fit a
> ife jacket for kayaking.
> Review the importance of safety equipment such as a signal device, air
> lotation bags, extra paddle, sponge, bilge pump, rescue sling, and throw
> ag.
> 4.
> 5. Do the following: (Can be done at a troop
> eeting)
> a. Name and point out
> he major parts of a kayak.
> b. Review the
> ifferences in the design between recreational, whitewater, and sea or
> ouring kayaks. Include how length, width, stability, and rocker are
> nvolved in the design of each type.
> c. Review the
> dvantages and disadvantages of the materials most commonly used to make
> ayaks. Explain the care, maintenance, and storage of a kayak.
> d. Using the trucker's
> itch and bowline, demonstrate how to secure a kayak to a rack on a vehicle
> r a trailer, or to a rack on land.
> 5.
> 6. Discuss the following: (This would be taught
> n the course anyway)
> a. How to choose a
> ayak paddle
> b. The different
> aterials from which paddles are made, parts of a paddle, and the care and
> aintenance of a paddle
> 6.
> 7. Using a properly equipped kayak with an open
> ockpit, a sit-on-top, or an inflatable kayak, do the following:
> a. Safely capsize and
> erform a wet exit.
> b. Reenter the kayak
> ith assistance from a buddy boat.
> c. Demonstrate a
> ayak-over-kayak rescue.
> d. Demonstrate the HELP
> osition.
> e. Capsize the kayak,
> wim it, and then paddle to shore, and empty water from the kayak with
> ssistance if needed.
> 7.
> 8. As a solo paddler, use a properly equipped
> ayak to demonstrate the following:
> a. Forward stroke
> b. Backstroke
> c. Forward sweep
> d. Reverse sweep
> e. Draw stroke
> f. Stern draw
> 8.
> 9. As a solo paddler, use a properly equipped
> ayak to demonstrate the following:
> a. Paddle a straight
> ine for 25 yards, make a sharp turn, and return 25 yards in a straight
> ine.
> b. Spin or pivot 360
> egrees to the right and 360 degrees to the left.
> c. Move abeam to the
> ight 10 feet and to the left 10 feet.
> d. Stop the boat in one
> oat length.
> e. Paddle a buoyed
> ourse of a length determined by your counselor that includes two right and
> wo left turns performed while underway.
>
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