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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Introduction Sea Kayaking 101 | |
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| Setting Forth 1 | |
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| What You Will Need Kayak Single or Double? | |
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| Slow and Stable or Fast and Tippy? | |
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| Rigid or Collapsible? | |
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| Meeting Your Standards Paddle Materials | |
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| Length | |
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| Blade | |
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| Feathered or Nonfeathered | |
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| Shaft Gear Spray Skirt | |
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| PFD | |
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| Audible Signal | |
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| Bailers | |
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| Bow Line | |
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| Paddle Float | |
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| Flotation | |
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| Eyeglass Strap | |
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| Nose Clips | |
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| A Place to Learn 2 Meet Your Kayak | |
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| Lifting Making It Fit Transporting by Car | |
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| Transporting by Hand Gear | |
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| Care and Storage 3 Getting In and Out (Dry) Beach | |
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| Kayak in Water Beach | |
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| Kayak on Land Low Dock | |
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| High Dock 4 Getting In and Out (Wet) | |
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| Wet Exit Swimming | |
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| Emptying Paddle | |
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| Float Reentry 5 Boat Dynamics Stability | |
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| Balance 6 Paddling | |
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| Basics Holding the Paddle Basic Stroke | |
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| Nonfeathered Basic Stroke | |
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| Feathered Push/Pull Body Twist The Complete Stroke | |
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| Dos and Don'ts Stopping and Backing | |
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| Fine Points of Paddling Basics 7 Maneuvering | |
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| Forward Sweep Reverse | |
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| Sweep Stern Rudder | |
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| Stroke Rudders and Skegs Draw | |
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| Stroke Sculling Draw Linking | |
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| Stroke Drills 8 Bracing Principles Slap Brace | |
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| Low Brace | |
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| Sweeping Low Brace | |
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| High Brace | |
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| Sculling Brace | |
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| Sea Kayaking 102 | |
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| Heading Out 9 What You Will Need Safety Gear Clothing | |
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| Paddling Jacket | |
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| Wet Suit | |
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| Dry Suit | |
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| Visual Distress Signals | |
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| Lights | |
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| Radios and Cell Phones 10 Body Language | |
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| Knee Lift Carved Turns Hip Flick Extended Bracing 11 Eskimo Roll Principles Practice | |
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| Setup Practice | |
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| Sweep Practice | |
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| Flick and Lay-Back The Complete | |
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| Roll Fine Points Reentry-and-Roll 12 Through | |
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| the Surf Launching Landing 13 Wind and Waves | |
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| Into Across With 14 Group Travel | |
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| Two or More Management and Communication | |
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| Assisted Rescues Assisted Reentry Graduate Courses | |
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| Continuing Education 15 Body Basics | |
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| Care and Prevention Exercises | |
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| Fuel and Hydration | |
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| Tendonitis | |
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| Seasickness | |
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| Hypothermia 16 Sea and Sky Weather | |
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| Wise Weather Forecaster Useful | |
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| Weather Lore Dealing | |
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| with the Elements Wind and Storms | |
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| Fog | |
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| Tides | |
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| Currents 17 Navigation | |
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| How Not to Get Lost Essential Skills | |
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| Charts and Compasses Charts | |
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| Compasses | |
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| Compass-Only Navigation | |
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| Navigation with a Chart | |
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| GPS Receivers Understanding Boat Traffic 18 Paddler's | |
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| Resources For Disabled Paddlers | |
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| For Families General Information on Kayaking Periodicals | |
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| Books | |
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| Charts and Tide Tables | |
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| Gatherings | |
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| Equipment | |
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| Clubs and Organizations | |
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| Schools for Sea Kayaking and Outdoor Skills | |
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| Index | |