Participants - Are you ready to try a roll? Do you want to perfect


your re-entry technique? Are you afraid that time spent without


practicing a high-brace will leave you capsized? Or do you just miss


being in you boat?


Spotters (at no charge) - Do you want an opportunity to help your


fellow paddlers improve their skills? Do you have skills you want to


teach your fellow paddlers?




This will be a structured pool session with the exact itinerary left


up to the facilitators.




Things that can be practiced in a pool include skills, techniques and


strokes that do not need an expanse of water, such as:




* Wet exits


* Rescues, assisted and unassisted.


* Equipment testing, exploration, shakedown, usage or just getting


comfortable, for example, using a paddle float for rescues.


* Strokes not needing an expanse of water, such as draw and pry.


* Rolling, bracing, balance bracing, sculling, etc.




Equipment for pool sessions participants includes: (If you need


equipment, tell the registrar!)


* Your boat, sea kayak or short boat.


* PFD -- required for anyone in a boat in a pool session.


* Spray skirt -- necessary for the vast majority of skills to be


practiced


* Paddle float – optional, for rescue practice, rolling practice,


etc.


* Pump – useful for swamped boats




Equipment for pool session spotters and participants includes:


* Goggles, face mask, nose plugs, ear plugs -- highly recommended for


practice that involves immersion, public pools are chlorinated and


irritate the eyes and nose, do you get swimmer's ear?


* Wet suit (spotters especially) -- many find they require additional


warmth during extended time in the pool




PLEASE NOTE: NSPN requires that payment for the pool sessions must be


made in advance of the pool session. Respond via e-mail with


requested date(s) and if space is available you will receive an e-


mail with an address to send your check. Your place is reserved when


the e-mail is received, please allow at least one week prior to the


requested date to allow for receipt of the check. Checks should be


written out to "North Shore Paddlers Network". Pool sessions are non-


refundable, the club pays the same amount regardless of how many


participants show up. All inquiries require: Your name, phone number,


NSPN membership number, expiration date, emergency contact and phone


number in the email.




Registrar: David Lewis -- djlewis at triadic dot com




Price: $20 members; $40 non-members




Directions:




Beverly YMCA - Sterling Center


254 Essex Street


Beverly, MA 01915


978.927.6855




From Route 128 take Exit 22 to Beverly (Route 22 - Essex St). From


either ramp bear right, if exiting 128 southbound you will pass under


128. The Y is on the west (right as you travel away from 128) side of


Essex St approximately 0.6 miles from 128, if you reach Ice House


Lane you've gone too far.




From Salem and points south of Beverly who know how to get to the


Beverly-Salem bridge and would prefer this route continue straight


through the lights on the Beverly Side of the bridge. You will be on


Rantoul street, continue on Rantoul through several sets of lights to


a "T" intersection with a Burger King on the Southwest corner. Turn


left and take the first right after crossing the commuter rail


tracks. You are now on Colon St, continue on Colon street until it


merges with Rte 22 - Essex street. The Y is on the west (left as you


travel north on Essex St) side of Essex St roughly 1/4 mile from the


merge, if you reach Cole Street you've gone too far.




At the extreme left hand side of the parking lot (as you face the Y


building) there is a driveway. Drive up this driveway to see a door


up the bank that leads into the pool. You will need to carry your


boat up to the door and may need to return to your car to move your


car to the parking lot. This is at the discretion of the Y, they have


allowed us to park on the driveway outside the door in the past.




Arrive early to be in the water at 5:45 p.m. There will be a sign-in


as is done with official trips. Shower before entering the water -


this is state law. At the end of the session move quickly to get


cleaned up and out of the YMCA so we can maintain a good relationship


with this facility in future years. The locker rooms include keyed


locks with keys that can be fastened via a large numbered (what


locker was that again?) "safety pin" and lockers that take standard


combination/keyed locks but availability of either is not guaranteed.


An option for valuables is your hatch (or a dry bag for Diamante


owners).

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