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Sea Kayak Trips Bulletin Board
Re: kayak outfitters in San Juan Islands,trips
Posted By: John Lange In Response To: Re: kayak outfitters in San Juan Islands,trips (Shawn Baker)
Date: Monday, 3 May 1999, at 9:01 p.m.
> Do you know if George Gronseth's Academy offers the second half of the
> training course? i.e. I know the basics--safety, strokes, rescues,
> rolling--but I'd like to learn more about navigation and dealing with
> "big water"George does offer the courses separately. A 2-day strokes course (first two days of 5 day trip) and also training trips in the San Juans. However, on his web page he says that the strokes course is a prerequisite for the training trips (as well as the one day tidal rapids course at Deception pass, and the kayak surfing courses out on the Coast). You may be able to get him to waive the prerequisite, but my guess is that he would want you to actually show him the skills. Even with experience, I don't think that you would be bored in the strokes class. The information that he covers goes well beyond a "typical" intro course and I would surmise goes beyond most intermediate courses as well. He offers a guarantee that if you do not think the course was worth it, then he will refund your money. I doubt that he has returned much money, and many of his testimonials are from experienced kayakers who took his course. Because the class size is limited to 5 students, there is plenty of opportunity for individualized instruction.
> Are you from the Seattle area?
I am. I work downtown and live on Bainbridge.
> Shawn
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