{"id":2076,"date":"2012-03-12T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T16:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2012-03-12T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T16:35:26","slug":"be-prepared-for-cold-water-kayaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/?p=2076","title":{"rendered":"Be Prepared for Cold Water Kayaking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Years Day 2012 on Peconic Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve had a very mild winter, Daylight Savings Time has begun, Spring is almost here, and the days have been unusually warm.\u00a0 Sure makes one anxious to get on the water.\u00a0 Unfortunately the water is still dangerously cold and will stay that way for a good while.\u00a0 If you decide to head out you must be prepared for immersion.\u00a0 That means being dressed properly and you should have had some training and experience in the cold water environment. And don’t paddle alone. Cold water shock and hypothermia are deadly.<\/p>\n

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Pre-paddle discussion of hypothermia and cold shock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in December NACK conducted a special Cold Water Peer Practice at Heckscher State Park.\u00a0 Air temps were mild but the water temperature was just below 50 degrees.\u00a0 Not extremely cold but good for getting some experience.\u00a0 The best way to test your gear and experience cold water immersion is ….cold water immersion.\u00a0 So after some instruction and discussion about the cold water environment paddlers took to the water…….without their kayaks.<\/p>\n

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In the water....without a kayak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Is my dry suit really dry?\u00a0 Does my wetsuit offer sufficient protection? How about my layering and gloves? Should I wear a hood?\u00a0 How long am I good for in the water?\u00a0 All these questions got answered the best way possible.\u00a0 In the water.<\/p>\n

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Now it's time to kayak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The park offers the ideal conditions for a session like this.\u00a0 There’s a wide expanse of shallow, sandy bottom at the launch site so paddlers can easily wade in and out of the water.\u00a0 They’re always close to shelter, their vehicles, warm clothing and hot liquids.<\/p>\n

After 15 minutes in the water they took to their kayaks and paired up for some wet-exit, capsize recovery, rescue and rolling practice.\u00a0 This was followed by a quick paddle along the shores of Great South Bay.<\/p>\n

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Paddling on Great South Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When back at the launch site members gathered to discuss their experiences while enjoying tea, coffee and pastries.<\/p>\n

See more Cold Water Peer Practice<\/a><\/strong><\/span> photos.<\/p>\n

Instead of repeating some information on the subject, here are a couple of links to solid information on cold water paddling.\u00a0 But remember, you must actually test your equipment, and yourself, before you encounter a dangerous situation.\u00a0 Reading a book, watching a video or listening to someone talk about the dangers of cold water alone just doesn’t count.<\/p>\n

Off-Season Boating, Cold Shock and Hypothermia<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

For information on Cold Shock and Swimming Failure:<\/p>\n

Sea Kayaker Magazine Article<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve had a very mild winter, Daylight Savings Time has begun, Spring is almost here, and the days have been unusually warm.\u00a0 Sure makes one anxious to get on the water.\u00a0 Unfortunately the water is still dangerously cold and will stay that way for a good while.\u00a0 If you decide to head out you must […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paddling-gear","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2076"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}