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Complete Safety Talk Sea kayak

You are going out for a kayaking excursion or expedition with clients or with some friends that have no experience in sea kayaking? Make sure you make a nice safety talk to put them confidents about the trip and your expertise. It will avoid you some trouble or panic reaction en case the weather change or the currents increase. In this video find important steps of a profesional safety talk or briefing. 1. Presentation: Be sure you present yourself properly to your group. Greating them at their arrival, telling your name and making a small resume of what will be your itinerary in kayak today is a good way to make your clients confident about the development of the outdoor activity they are about to start. 2. Hand out the equipment: Provide PFD / Life jacket and a spray skirt, showing how to wear it and making the necessary adjustments. 3. Tips for efficient paddling / How to use the paddle: Holding the paddle: make sure that you can read the paddle's brand, that way you make sure you are paddling with the active blade of the paddle. Forward propulsion: To find the right position for where to put your hands on the paddle, put your hands a little more than shoulder width apart, in line with the middle of your paddle , hold it up near your face and bend your elbows at 90°, keeping your wrists in line with your elbows. Once you have your hands in position, keep your arms extended, with a micro bend in your elbows. The effort should come from your abdomen making a rotation of your core, not from your elbows or biceps. When you make your stroke, introduce completely the white part of your paddle into the water, entering where your feet are. Move it towards you but no further back than your hip. Movements further back than your hips, can be bad for your shoulders and may result in injury. When you are paddling, you should have the front arm fully extended, and the back arm with a very small bend at the elbow. Make sure you are pushing with your front arm, and not just pulling with the back arm. 4. Kayak Adjustments: After asking if the participants have used a kayak with rudder before, explain how it works. It is easy: We first need to adjust the rudder pedals to the person steering the kayak, the person in a single kayak or the person sitting in the back of the double kayak. How does the rudder work? To put it in or out of the water, there is a rope on the side of the cockpit. The basics are simple: once sitting, if you want to turn left, you push the left-side pedal, and if you want to turn right, you push the right-side pedal. Always paddle on both sides of the kayak, and the faster you paddle, the faster you turn. To adjust the pedals to your height, you need to sit in your cockpit with your back straight and give a slight bend to your knees, so you are more stable and have more control of the rudder. 5. What to do in a Capsizing situation How to avoid capsizing: First, capsizing is not very common. Most of capsizing events occur when getting in or out of the kayak from the shore. Many capsizing happen due to careless movements or playing around. Common examples are throwing water at your friend with your paddle, racing,or trying to push someone as a joke and not reaching him.... If you do Capsize: Your guide will explain the procedure before entering the water to ensure that everyone understands the protocol in the event of capsizing. Remember this normally doesn’t happen, but as a safety precaution we always give this small instruction before going to sea. Once you capsize and hit the water, the spray skirt should come loose by itselfthanks to the water pressure. If for any reason this doesn't happen, lift your knee to push it out. And if this is now working you can always run your hand around the edge of the spray skirt until you find the handle and pull it out. Then, get out of the kayak! If you are in a double kayak, check to see if your partner is also out. If he is not, give him a hand. Hold on to your paddle as well as your kayak, as those are your best floating devices. The guide will quickly come to you and take your paddle, so you will not lose it and will have both hands free. Once he holds your kayak, swim over to the front of his kayak and hold on there. Your guide will need time and space to empty the water from your kayak. Next, he will empty your kayak and place it parallel to his own. When he tells you to, go back to your cockpit. While he holds on to your kayak, he will give you a count of three to get back in. You will do this by facing the rudder and getting on the kayak staying on your belly, then put your legs in, and once you are in, turn around and take your seat again. For more information or for guided tours in the Lake District Patagonia Chile, reach us: info@jasspuertovaras.com +56 9 65906458 www.jasspuertovaras.com