rylevine Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Yesterday's NTSKW was a combined workshop and pool session at the Portsmouth YMCA. There were about 40 participants to the workshop and 20 in the pool. The two-hour workshop in the exercise room included seminars on NSPN and sea kayaking intro (Bob), the sea kayak (Gene), the paddle (Lisa), gear (Ed), clothing (Lisa), and camping intro (Warren and Rob). The refreshments, pool session sales, NSPN material sales, and banners were organized by Cathy and Rob. The pool session had teams around ten or so boats led by a volunteer. It started with Cathy and Gene demonstrating pool entry, wet exits, rolls and rescues. The teams then started with wet exits and progressed to other skills - mostly rescues. The NSPN volunteers mentioned above were joined by Janice and Doug for the pool session. In addition to the volunteers and participants, thank you is due to the Seacoast Family YMCA staff led by Kat. They were very helpful and accommodating to our requests. The feedback from the NE Seacoast Paddlers Meetup has been very positive, and I think all the participants were informed and excited about sea kayaking through our efforts!BobPS. The pool session participants received a first year membership in NSPN, so let's welcome these newest members to the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhunt Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 This was a blast. Takes you back to when you were first starting. The participants seemed to enjoy it and expressed much appreciation.My photos were a little disappointing, but they give you the basic idea.I took one video, here...Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcoons Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Congrats on the new format and your success. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Wish I could have been there to help out! I'm glad to see from Lisa's photos that there was at least room for a few people and kayaks what with the massive quantity of camping gear that Warren no doubt had on display!pru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 The new format and location seemed to work really well. I was very impressed by a number of the attendees. I suspect they will be great new members to NSPN.By the way, linking the pool session to free membership in NSPN was brilliant!Warren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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