PADDLERsmart! Canada Knowledge Base
Safe Boat Operation
- THE PADDLER'S ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITIES
- PADDLER SKILL LEVEL
- DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
- CANADA'S BOATING AND ALCOHOL LAWS
- THE PADDLER'S NAVIGATION RULES
- THE COLLISION REGULATIONS
- BOARDING, EXITING AND SECURING YOUR PADDLE CRAFT
- HOW TO ENTER AND EXIT YOUR KAYAK
- HOW TO ENTER AND EXIT YOUR CANOE
- HOW TO BOARD AND EXIT A SUP BOARD
- EXITING YOUR SUP BOARD
- HOW TO STAND UP ON YOUR SUP BOARD
- HOW TO RE-BOARD YOUR SUP BOARD FROM DEEP WATER
- SECURING A PADDLE CRAFT
- PADDLING TECHNIQUES
- SUP PADDLING TECHNIQUES
- THE THREE PHASES OF PADDLING OR ‘CPR’
- PADDLE STROKE TECHNIQUES
- OTHER WATER ACTIVITIES: DIVING AND SNORKELING
- HUNTERS AND ANGLERS AS PADDLERS
- UNIQUE ACCIDENT RISKS FOR HUNTERS AND ANGLERS
- PADDLE SAFETY TIPS FOR HUNTERS AND ANGLERS:
- WHO ENFORCES CANADA'S BOATING LAWS