2.1 Evening sessions

Our evening sessions will be held on Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30 at the clubhouse. We’ll try to get there a bit earlier than that in case people want to use the kitchen/kettle/microwave to grab some food before we start.

Our plans for the evening sessions will be somewhat flexible depending on the weather. The plan is outlined below (*=club committee meeting, so we may need to be on the river):

Date	Likely topics to cover
21 April	(Classroom) Introduction, weather and (non-tidal) planning
28 April	(River) Personal kit, forward paddling, turning, towing
5 May*	(Classroom) Buoyage, charts, tides and planning
12 May	(River, wet session) Navigation, turning, rescues
19 May	(River, wet session) Boat handling skills, braces, self-rescues
26 May	(Classroom) Planning exercise, safety kit, dealing with mishaps
2 June*	(River, wet session) Boat handling skills, more complex rescues

We’ll confirm whether we’re planning a classroom session or a session on the river (and whether we expect to be getting wet) by email ahead of each session.

We anticipate that some people may need to miss the occasional evening session. Please let us know if you won’t be able to make it along. We’ll make a plan for you to catch up on whatever we were planning to cover (hopefully these notes will help with that!).