[Nick Heath]

I guess that threshold depends on how long you will be immersed, which will vary from a few minutes to many hours if you are unfortunate enough to fall into the water miles from shore and lose contact with your boat to high winds, and no-one notices, as has happened all too often.

There are tables compiled that relate time immersed at a specific water temperature to loss of consciousness & death but I haven’t accessed them recently. (As I understand, some of the early work was highly unethical Nazi experimentation on unwilling concentration camp captives, so is uncited in the literature).

Mike’s advice seems spot on!  Don’t bother to work out if you don’t actually need thermal protection around here – normally you need it!

[Mike McHolm]

Yes I took mine to Mustang Survival in Burnaby but call ahead to confirm they will accept them. The Richmond Fire Department pointed me to Mustang. The Jericho Sailing Centre is also organizing a collection on May 14th with Steveston Marine. From the March JSC Newsletter In The Wind:

“Many of you who carry flares on your vessel know that disposing of stale dated flares can be a frustrating chore. Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS) has partnered with CIL to help address this issue. CPS will be collecting old flares free of charge at Steveston Marine and Hardware (at both Richmond and Kits locations) Saturday May 14th. CPS will then organize and box them up properly for disposal by CIL.”

[Roland Stefani]

I could be interested in one or two.  Where would the pickup location be?

[Clark Perry-Bater]

Replying to Mike – For those paddlers who paddle mostly in remote locations, they might want non-expired flares, but for those of us who paddle mostly in more populated areas, like myself, I don’t feel I need brand-new flares. My understanding and experience is that recently-expired ones normally work well. I’m only offering them to people who want them.

[Kevin Hall]

Hi All, you’re invited to join SISKA’s Zoom presentation this Thursday at 7pm.

The feature presentation is “Packing your kayak for camping” with Lynn Baier. She will provide some tips on how to pack your kayak for camping. It will include a short video of Lynn packing her kayak. Questions can be asked as the video is running – this presentation is meant to be interactive.

Click the link below to join the meeting. And add “SKABC member”  to your Zoom screen name after you join the meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85082017239?pwd=Z1FTeVV0U2FkVlpjV0tvdHdKOFFLQT09

Meeting ID: 850 8201 7239
Passcode: 865306

[Admin S. Jensen]

Webmaster’s note: Sorry about all of the reply notifications members have been receiving. I am working on fixing the forum settings. Thank you for your patience,  Susan Jensen

[Kallie Cunningham]

I would love to have a couple if possible Clark. I know mine are all out of date.

Kallie – 604 619 3016 – I live on the North Shore and am driving to and from White Rock this weekend/most weekends on Saturday/Sunday.

[Reed Clarke]

Mike, sounds like you have a specific place that will accept your expired flares. Where would that be?

Cheers, Reed

[Mike McHolm]

I’m confused as to why anyone would want expired flares. Isn’t it unsafe? I turn mine in when they expire.

[Clark Perry-Bater]

I am a member of a sailing co-op and our 6 sailboats are having their sets of emergency hand-held flares replaced this year since they are 4 years old and expiring. So we have 30 of these barely-expired flares to hand off to any SKABC members who would like some, for free. If you are interested in getting some, reply to this post and I’ll get them to you.  – Clark P-B (Outreach and Promotions Co-officer)

[Admin S. Jensen]

Hi Theresa and Megan, thanks for your messages. We’re working on the details of this course and will post updates here asap.

[Former Member]

Hi Philip – I’m also interested in the course but I don’t see it in the Course Schedule when I login (nothing is posted). Am I missing something?

[Philip Kubik]

Megan, are you a member of SKABC? This course is only open to club members. If you are a member, please do the following to see the full course information with contact information. 1) Log in. 2) On the menu bar, select Training. 3) In the Training menu, select Course Schedule. The course should be listed with a brief description. 4) Click on the course title and a full description should appear. You must be logged in for step 4.

[Megan Moser]

I’m interested in this course, and so is my daughter. The listing on the website does not show a contact.  How can we find out more?

[Philip Kubik]

SKABC and PIKA are jointly offering Paddle Canada Level 1 Skills course at a significant discount compared to commercial courses. The practical portion of the course will take place on May 28 & 29 but there will also be with virtual sessions for theory on two evenings.

The Paddle Canada Level 1 Skills course will give participants the skills and knowledge to move you beyond flat water to slightly rougher water. There is a strong focus on re-entry techniques and the skills required to safely plan and execute a day trip.

For additional information and to register, select Course Schedule from the Training menu of the SKABC website and scroll to the course.

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