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Sea Kayaks Techniques Bulletin Board
Re: information dissemination
Posted By: Shawn Baker In Response To: information dissemination (Karl)
Date: Wednesday, 11 August 2004, at 6:37 p.m.
: The ACA could do better. I have assisted in IDW's and ICE's for years,
: including work out of my area. I have always felt the the body of
: knowledge necessary to pass as an Open water instructor to be minimal. In
: Cali, I got into a heated dispute with an IT who did not like my teaching
: of nav- "we are kayakers, not ship captains, we don't need to use
: nautical terms", was her quote.
: Wow, here we were in the San Francisco Bay, with lots of traffic; where did
: the meaning of the word "sea" get lost from "sea
: kayaker".Bill McKenzie was my assistant IT--as a retired USAF C-141 pilot and a current Boeing test pilot, he made sure we were up on our Navigation and Rules!
The bigger problem is marketing...the majority of people don't see the need for classes, period, and those who do take classes are disinclined to take navigation courses because they look boring. Most people are ignorant of navigation and ignorant of the need for many topics of instruction. If you tell them they should learn something, they only think you're trying to sell tuition in a class.
Shawn
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