Taught in association with 流浪風潮獨木舟海洋學校 Formosa Kayak School in Taipei, Taiwan.  

During a coastal journey of 6 to 8 miles (10 to 12 km), Laura and Kelly will help you assess and develop your personal skills and help grow your knowledge and experience so that you feel ready to explore the open coast with other paddlers. We will work on learning, refinement, and application of strokes relevant to maneuvering in the open coast environment, water reading, and use of environmental features in rock gardens. We will also discuss risk assessment and challenge you to think about what to do if things do not go to plan.

Prerequisites: Students must have knowledge of how to perform self and assisted rescues. They must also be comfortable and competent paddling in waves up to 3 ft (1 m) and winds up to 15 knots. Experience launching and landing in the surf is strongly encouraged.

Class size: 8

在這個課程，我們會一起航行10-12公里。Laura和Kelly會幫助大家提升個人的技能以及拓展你的知識與經驗，讓你準備好和其他舟友一起探索美麗的海岸線。我們會學習在開放水域會使用到的相關槳法，也會教大家在礁岩區水文判別以及利用環境的特徵，並做風險評估與安全性討論，同時也會讓你思考，若是事情沒有按照計畫走的情況下要如何處理。

參加者必須具備自我及團隊救援能力，並有能力應對1米浪、15節風的環境，最好能夠有在浪區上岸及下水的經驗。