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    The 5-day ACA Open Water Expedition Course teaches students to refine basic kayaking strokes and rescue techniques while developing open water skills and advanced paddling. The course includes leadership training, risk management, open water crossings, weather considerations, and certification requiring 11-16 knot winds, 3-foot surf, and 3-knot currents. Students must provide their own kayak, safety gear, and a video camera is used to film strokes for review. The course is led by Luiz Felipe Buff de Souza e Silva, an ACA, NOLS, and BCU certified instructor, and has a ratio of one instructor for every five students.

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    The 5-day ACA Open Water Expedition Course teaches students to refine basic kayaking strokes and rescue techniques while developing open water skills and advanced paddling. The course includes leadership training, risk management, open water crossings, weather considerations, and certification requiring 11-16 knot winds, 3-foot surf, and 3-knot currents. Students must provide their own kayak, safety gear, and a video camera is used to film strokes for review. The course is led by Luiz Felipe Buff de Souza e Silva, an ACA, NOLS, and BCU certified instructor, and has a ratio of one instructor for every five students.

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    Open Water Level 4course Description Natales 2010

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    The 5-day ACA Open Water Expedition Course teaches students to refine basic kayaking strokes and rescue techniques while developing open water skills and advanced paddling. The course includes leadership training, risk management, open water crossings, weather considerations, and certification requiring 11-16 knot winds, 3-foot surf, and 3-knot currents. Students must provide their own kayak, safety gear, and a video camera is used to film strokes for review. The course is led by Luiz Felipe Buff de Souza e Silva, an ACA, NOLS, and BCU certified instructor, and has a ratio of one instructor for every five students.

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    SeaKayakBrasil – SKB

    viva essa experiência!

    ACA – OPEN WATER EXPEDITION COURSE

    Course Overview
    Refine basic strokes and rescue techniques and develop open water skills and advanced
    paddling strokes. Also includes leadership training and risk and group management.

    Course Program
    - group presentation and expectations
    - video tape every student basic skills to improve learning curve
    - safety gear presentation
    - boat control, edging and balancing the kayak
    - refine basic strokes
    - refine advanced manouvers
    - basic and advanced rescue skills
    - rolling
    - surf skills and safety procedures
    - surf landings and launchings
    - weather considerations
    - nautical charts
    - open water crossings
    - tides and currents
    - group management and leadership
    - risk management and decision making

    Course Location and Conditions


    Ideal teaching conditions are a protected cove for working on basic strokes, rescues and
    manouvers, with quick access to open water or variable conditions.

    For open water certification conditions must be 11 to 16 knots wind, 3 feet surf and 3
    knots current.

    Course Duration
    Five Days

    Equipment
    Every paddler needs to have a single kayak, spray skirt, PFD, helmet, paddle float, bilge
    pump, sponge, spare paddle, tow cable, dressed for imersion (dry suit or wet suit),
    paddling jacket, sun hat, sun glasses, dry bag with extra clothes.

    One video camera and a TV is needed for filming and watching


    student’s strokes.

    Instructor
    LUIZ FELIPE BUFF DE SOUZA E SILVA (IPE)
    ACA Open Water Level 4 Instructor (American Canoe Association)
    NOLS Sea Kayak Instructor (National Outdoor Leadership School)
    BCU 3 Star Sea Paddler (British Canoe Union)
    WFR – Wilderness First Responder
    LNT - Leave No Trace Master Educator

    Costs
    US$ 200,00 instructor/day
    Plus travel, food and accommodation

    Course Ratio
    One instructor to every five students

    luizfelipe@perau.com.br – 55 11 8402-1314

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