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3-Day Beginner Whitewater Kayaking Course in Maine

Kayaking in Maine with Maine Kayak

Highlights

  • Basic paddling skills, boating technique, and safety will be taught in the morning
  • Explore the beauty of the Maine Island Trail with a full day of paddling secluded coves and abundant estuaries
  • A full Maine lobster dinner at an oceanside wharf

Full Description

Learn how to whitewater kayak with Maine Kayak. Join us on our Beginner whitewater kayaking course taught by highly skilled, competent and friendly ACA certified Registered Maine Guides. Coupled with our top-of-the-line equipment and a low student-to-instructor ratio, our focus is on individual needs and personalized attention in a fun and relaxing atmosphere to provide the optimum environment for skill development and progression.

Introduction to Kayaking is a beginning level course, which focuses on the basics of skill development to help the student progress to more challenging paddling techniques. The goal of Introduction to Kayaking is to provide a basic understanding of kayaking and the fundamentals of paddling in flatwater and class I-II moving water. Particular attention will be paid to skills such as entering and exiting the kayak; forward and reverse paddle strokes, sweeps, draws, and other strokes; and the skill foundation for the eskimo roll. It is designed as a stepping-stone to basic moving water skills and will concentrate on participant comfort and safety in flatwater and easy moving water paddling conditions.

Includes:

  • ACA certified instructors
  • Lunch each day of the course
  • Top-of-the-line kayaks
  • Paddle, life jacket, and helmet
  • Spray skirt, nose plugs, and whistle
  • Spray top and booties
  • Wetsuit top and bottom
  • Transportation to all learning sites

Excludes:

  • Airfare
  • Transportation to base lodge
  • Lodging before and after trip (can be provided upon request)

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1

9:00 am - Meet at Maine Kayak's Penobscot Base

Morning - Course outline and introduction

-Introduction to course, kayaking, paddling techniques
-Introduction to whitewater kayak equipment and gear

Mid Morning - Flat water session, Lake Ambejejus

-Safety issues, concerns, techniques
-Introduction to the wet exit
-Flatwater exercises - stroke technique, boat balance and paddling

Noon - Lunch

Early Afternoon - Review and work on individual goals

-Review and refine paddling technique
-Learn self and group water rescue techniques

Mid-Afternoon - Moving water session, Penobscot River

-Moving water exercises - techniques, strokes, balance in current
-1-2 mile paddle in current
-Debrief of day

Day 2

9:00 am - Meet at Maine Kayak's Penobscot Base

Morning - Moving water session - Penobscot River

-River rescue demonstration and practice
-Paddling in current - entering and exiting eddies, ferrying

Noon - Lunch


Early Afternoon - Moving water session, Penobscot River

-River Diagram Session - currents, reading whitewater
-Paddle stroke and boat technique practice and refinement

Mid Afternoon - Review and work on individual goals

-Moving water exercises - techniques, strokes, balance in current
-1-2 mile paddle in current
-Debrief of day

Day 3

9:00 am - Meet at Maine Kayak's Penobscot Base


Mid Morning - Whitewater session, Penobscot River
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Work on basic foundation for the Eskimo Roll
-3 mile paddle of class I-II whitewater

Noon - Lunch


Mid Afternoon - Whitewater session, Penobscot River

-3 mile paddle of class I-II whitewater
-Debrief of day

About The Operator:

Maine Kayak

Headquarters:

Maine

Established:

January 1999

Maine Kayak offers sea kayaking, lake kayaking, and whitewater kayaking in Maine. Discover Maine from a kayak with Maine Kayak. We are based in the pristine wilderness and rocky coast of Maine on several wild and scenic white water rivers, serene lakes, and beautiful coastline in Maine. We believe getting people in the Maine outdoors helps the body and soul. Participation in Maine Kayak outdoor activities, like Maine sea kayaking, allows people to commune with nature and relax and recharge in a serene environment. Maine Kayaking provides people with a leisure kayaking experience, which removes them from the stresses of everyday life and provides an environment for physical strengthening and mental relaxation.

Maine Kayak provides the ultimate Maine kayaking adventure for all kayaking options. Sea Kayaking on the rocky Maine coast and lake kayaking on Maine's pristine lakes is great for couples and families looking for an easy, fun, and educational way to explore Maine from a kayak.

Maine Kayak's white water kayaking school is for beginner to advanced paddlers wanting a platform to progress through their white water kayaking career. We provide state of the art white water kayaks and equipment with competent ACA certified instructors and you have the Maine Kayak white water school in Maine.

We draw on over 17 years of Maine kayaking experience in providing you with a personalized experiential learning kayak adventure. Individualized attention, comfort and safety are addressed by providing a low student-to-instructor ratio. Maine kayaking trips are offered ranging from half-day to multi-day overnight kayaking trips. Kayak Rentals are available to explore Maine's picturesque coves, inlets, and bays. Maine Kayak camping, lodging, and meals packages are available. Add state of-the-art kayaks and equipment with competent, certified instructors and you have Maine Kayak "The Way Paddling Should Be!"