Activities include: 

• Water safety and balance skills to prevent capsizing
• Skill development (canoes & kayaks)
• Introduction to racing boats
• Water safety specific to racing boats such as tip, turn, tow
• Dry-land and on-water games
• Morning Fun regatta and BBQ the last Friday of each session.

Our goal is that participants will develop:

• Basic paddling skills in all of our boats
• Confidence on the water in various conditions
• Teamwork skills
• Learning to manage a little adversity as we realize the activities can be challenging for new paddlers.

Paddlers will take part in On-Water and On-Land activities. Note; there is NO swimming allowed in the reservoir and participants MUST be comfortable in water wearing a PFD in the event of capsizing. A certain amount of strength is required as participants need to be able to carry a recreational kayak with a partner and paddle a kayak solo in windier conditions. Safety practices are in place to support paddlers or we change up activities in the event of conditions which are too challenging.