Sit-on-top kayak skills course article in Sea Angler
Article about our popular Sit-on-top kayak skills course written by Andy Benham in Sea Angler Magazine.
The course is designed for paddlers of Sit-on-top kayaks who want to develop their skills. Opportunity to be assessed for the BCU 3 star sea award.
Whether you want to obtain the BCU 3 star or not, the course covers a range of skills and how to handle more challenging conditions.
Read about Andy’s experiences: Three star training course for SOT kayaks.
You can get more information on the Sit on top (SOT) skills development courses for kayak fishing here.
Sit-on-Top (SOT) kayak skills courses here.
Read Andy’s article here.
Derek Hairon is a British Canoeing level 5 coach (sea) and sea kayak leader guide and assessor.
Derek is the first nationally endorsed British Canoeing accredited guide in Jersey. The British Canoeing kayak guide endorsement supports and recognises the additional skills required when fulfilling a guiding role on sea kayak tours and expeditions worldwide.
Over 49 years of sea kayaking experience. Expeditions to circumnavigate Ireland by kayak, Outer Hebrides, Aland Islands, Faeroe Islands and Alaska. Plus, lots of sea and surf kayaking in the UK. White water-kayaking expeditions in Nepal to paddle the Tamur and Marsyandi Rivers.
Derek wrote Sit-on-top Kayak. A Beginner’s Manual (Pesda Press). It is now in its second reprint and is also translated into French. He is the author of the Channel Island and South East Coast Sea Kayaking guidebook (Pesda Press).
