Tower Hamlets Canoe Club

Hi All, The master plan is to rent a car, leave on Thursday evening and catch the 21.15 ferry to Isle of Man from Liverpol - coming back Monday evening. http://www.adventurousexperiences.com/adventure_week/activities.htm http://www.adventurousexperiences.com/adventure_week/everything_else.htm Dates: 14-18 August. It is for all levels of ...

Dear all, Sorry for the very late notice! Steve, Malcolm and Charlie have let me know they would like to help me with the instruction for this course, but it is not easy finding dates that everyone can do. So, we now have the following dates: 1st: Tomorrow: 13 May 2008 2nd: Thursday 22 May 2008 3rd: Tuesday 27 May 2008 4th: Thursday ...

Paul Frost, the web admin. for South East Sea Kayakers has widely posted the following message: As some of you will be aware, I now live in Scotland, and so my interest in South East paddling has ceased. I left the site to itself thinking that it would die after a while without any individual driving it on. But it still keeps growing, with new ...

I  have drafted a couple of sheets for people using the radios who haven't been on the course. They give an idea of how to make routine calls to London VTS and how to make a Mayday distress call. If people think these are worth having around maybe we could laminate a few copies. Feel free to disagree with the idea or edit the content. ...

For people using VHF radios who haven't done the course - how to make routine calls to London VTS and how to make a Mayday distree call.

I've now got the weekend of 9-10 Feb free and can run a 3 star sea kayak assessment if anyone is interested. Please have a look at the syllabus and assessment notes to get an idea on what's required: http://www.bcu.org.uk/bcu/CoachingItemPDFs/upload_1865.pdf http://www.bcu.org.uk/bcu/CoachingItemPDFs/upload_1866.pdf The plan is to head down to ...

Meeting to Promote Sea Kayaking, discuss & set up Sea Kayaking Trips for 2008 Summary of plans/ideas so far:-Venue - Classroom upstairs at BasinStart Time - 6 pm, Jan 29 th Initial arrival period with refreshments(volunteer?), chat, slideshow of pics from website, to set the scene, along with maps on walls (NJ) 6.30 pm -  ...

Malcolm and I are planning to run another sea kayaking intro course in January-February on the following dates: Thursday 31 Jan: Boat handling skills Tuesday 5 Feb: Incident Management Tuesday 12 Feb: Classroom based tide and navigation planning Tuesday 19 Feb: Instructor lead river trip Thursday 28 Feb: Student lead river trip There ...

Robby Russell:OK, but you haven't mentioned where! Oh the sharp mind of an accountant…nothing slips past you Mr Russell! ; )   I was planning to use the classroom on the first floor  at Shadwell Basin – but I haven’t booked it!   It’s probably best if you all bring your paddling kit just in case it’s not available…should be ok ...

I’m planning to run a class room session on tidal planning and navigation next Tuesday, 15 January (sorry about the short notice).   It will be two hours on the stuff included in the new 3 star sea award and should give you a good start if you are planning to get the assessment done in the next month or two.   Post here if you are ...