British Canoeing Certified Courses
Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning
This online course is an official British Canoeing certified CNTP course. The course has exercises and assessments to help you develop your skills to safely plan sea kayak journeys in tidal waters. Upon successful completion of the course you will receive a British Canoeing certificate for the Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning course. This qualification is requirement for progression through the BC sea kayaking qualifications. It is an internationally recognised qualification. This course is designed for those paddlers carrying out coastal journeys including islands up to 2 nautical miles offshore in areas of tidal movement up to 2 knots and is a prerequisite for those seeking their British Canoeing Sea kayak leader award (4 Star Sea Leader Award). However, anyone wishing to undertake journeys on the sea using a kayak would find the technical and theoretical aspects not only useful, but essential for safe travel in the marine environment!
I'm ready to sign upOpen Water Navigation and Tidal Planning
This online course is an official British Canoeing certified Open Water Navigation and Tidal Planning course. This course is seen as the next step after the BC Coastal Navigation course and you must have completed this course prior to starting the Open Nav course.
The course has exercises and assessments to help you develop your skills to safely plan sea kayak journeys in tidal waters and on open water crossings. Upon successful completion of the course you will be emailed a British Canoeing certificate for the OWNTP course. This qualification is a requirement for progression through the BC sea kayaking qualifications. It is an internationally recognised qualification.
This course is designed for those paddlers carrying out challenging sea journeys including open crossings in areas of strong complex tidal movement (in excess of 3knots) and is a prerequisite for those seeking their British Canoeing Advanced Sea Leader Award. However, anyone wishing to undertake challenging journeys on the sea using a kayak would find the technical and theoretical aspects not only useful, but essential for safe travel in the marine environment! The course is designed to complement the areas covered in the British Canoeing Advanced Sea Leader Training.
I'm ready to sign upTo complete these courses you will need access to a pair of dividers, a plotter (big compass without magnetic needle), RYA training chart 3 and the RYA training almanac. You can order these by following the links below or through the RYA shop with worldwide shipping.
The almanac can be ordered as a book or download - here
Training chart number 3 can be ordered here - here , here or here
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Paul, UK
"Being able to go through the content at my own pace and watch the lessons as many times as I need is amazing, I feel as though I have now finally got the grasp of planning day trips in tidal water"
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