• WW TRAINING: 2025 WW Rafting Workshop CANCELLED

  03 – 04 May 2025

  UPDATE: 20 March 2025 - Due to a death in the family and a knee injury we are cancelling this workshop.  Please keep your eye open for us to reschedule this workshop.  
  
  Course Overview

              To encourage new access to whitewater with small rafts. The course will be tailored to student needs with a focus on beginning and intermediate techniques.

   

  Required Skills

              Able to manage personal mobility in and around water.

  Able to swim confidently while wearing a Personal Floatation Device (PFD)

              Able to follow instructions and communicate independently.

   

  Required Equipment (Personal)

              PFD

              Helmet

              Foot wear.  No sandals

   

  Recommended Equipment

              Dry Bag

              (2) 3-4” locking carabiners (3) Locking Carabiners

  Water Bottle – that you can tie down to the boat

              Paddling Clothes – Wetsuits or Drysuit (or other thermal paddle gear)

              Throw Rope

              A River knife

              Raft Paddle – if you do not have one please let us know

   

  Main Objectives:

   

  Set up and take down a raft with rigging.

   

  Identify whitewater features and hazards

   

  Become familiar with rafting paddle strokes

   

  Learn and use body position commands

   

  Safely maneuver a paddle raft through rapids

   

  Basic rescue and safety principles for rafting

   

   

  Secondary Objectives:

   

  Guide or captain a raft

   

  Combat Recover a flipped raft

   

  Combat recover a passenger

   

  Single person control a raft in a swim event

   

  Playboat with a raft

   

  Schedule:

  Friday

• ·         Arrive at AU Campground and set up your tent and get some sleep.
• ·         Your camping fee is part of your tuition for the workshop

• Saturday

• ·         Breakfast at 0730 hrs in camp
• ·         Workshop starts at 0800 hrs in camp
• ·         Lunch will be provided on the river
• ·         Dinner will be provided at camp around the campfire.  Chili Dinner with all the fixings and Dutch Oven Dessert

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  Sunday

• ·         On your own

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  Cost

• ·         $50 a person which includes two nights (Friday and Saturday) of tent camping, meals on Saturday, and lots of training with rafts
• ·         Break Down - $10.00 per night so $20.00 goes to AU, $25.00 for food, and $5.00 to ACA to cover your insurance for the workshop

Location:  AU Campground, 522 US-64, Ocoee, TN 37361

You will need to register on the HCKC website, and you will pay Saturday morning at Breakfast.  If you have any questions, please text me at 207-522-0259.  John Gates