BCU 4 star sea kayak training and assessment weekend
November 20/21
Training -2 places left.
The new BCU 4 star sea kayak award is now a leadership award. Attending a training course is an essential requirement prior to assessment. More information.
Assessment
The two day assessment includes opportunity to lead ‘real’ adult students. You must have a completed/stamped BCU LR registration form to be assessed. More information.
Sea kayaks can be supplied at no extra charge for both training and assessment.
Coastal navigation and tidal planing course can be added on either 19 or 22 November or, as an evening class. Call for details.
Derek Hairon is a British Canoeing level 5 coach (sea) and sea kayak leader guide and assessor.
Derek is the first nationally endorsed British Canoeing accredited guide in Jersey. The British Canoeing kayak guide endorsement supports and recognises the additional skills required when fulfilling a guiding role on sea kayak tours and expeditions worldwide.
Over 49 years of sea kayaking experience. Expeditions to circumnavigate Ireland by kayak, Outer Hebrides, Aland Islands, Faeroe Islands and Alaska. Plus, lots of sea and surf kayaking in the UK. White water-kayaking expeditions in Nepal to paddle the Tamur and Marsyandi Rivers.
Derek wrote Sit-on-top Kayak. A Beginner’s Manual (Pesda Press). It is now in its second reprint and is also translated into French. He is the author of the Channel Island and South East Coast Sea Kayaking guidebook (Pesda Press).
