One of the absolute biggest mistakes that new kayakers make is choosing start off in a slim, sleek and sexy kayak. The sleek kayak is built for speed despite the fact that can provide many exciting thrills it is also typically very unstable. For a new kayaker this means usually rolling head first into normal water.
If never mind swimming and understand how to re-board your kayak from in the water, then go for it try the speedy model. However for most beginner kayakers would like to stay dry and hopefully to create their paddling destination.
Beginner’s Mistake.
I took a friend out paddling one time many back. We were in Deep Cove in Vancouver, B.C. and rented kayaks for the day with our destination to be a little island not past the boundary out. Experienced kayaked frequently before but for my friend it was his first time. Being his first time out and being an athletic kind of a guy, he wanted the fastest boat available. Trying to explain complicated and highly diverse of the different shaped kayaks worked fell on deaf ears. My friends inexperience and slightly overzealous need for excitement had his focus centered solely on getting into a fast kayak.
As we had been renting the kayaks I made the choice that although have to know from endure. After a very brief verbal lesson we hit the water with our destination around the corner. I noticed rather quickly that my friend was while on an extremely hard time controlling his kayak. I think he would get the hang of it pretty quick though and paddled along my significantly. Within minutes I had covered a great distance and realized that my friend was nowhere in glance. After a quick panic sensation I soon burst into uncontrollable giggles since i realized that his kayak had rolled and all I could see was his head bobbing in normal water. Laughing so hard I could barely paddle I watched as a speed boat came to his rescue, hauled his embarrassed butt into their boat and helped him to get the water through his canoe.
Although my friend’s kayaking experience ended up not in order to become a good one, features by far one for the funniest kayaking trips That i’ve ever had. His deflated ego paddled soaking wet onto our destination where we then switched kayaks. He then paddled the beginner kayak back to shore absolutely no other troubles.
His mistake though quite normal for first time kayakers also can be very dangerous. Though I had a great laugh out of it, the reality is that it would’ve been dangerous and disastrous had buddy hurt himself or been somewhere where help isn’t close at the time of.
Lesson picked up.
The lesson was definitely learned however. as a newcomer kayaker its not important to be the quickest boat in the water. The trick is to obtain a stable kayak and learn the basics before you move on towards speed.
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