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Established 2000

 New Jersey Kayak
Group Instructional
Kayak Program for
Boy & Girl Scouts,YMCA
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Introduction to Coastal Kayak Touring
DIRECTIONS     409 East Bay Ave., Barnegat, New Jersey, 08005    (609) 698- 4440    EMAIL    HOME
Our mission is to introduce young men & women to the joys, the adventure and the sport of coastal sea kayak touring.
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Through a 3 hr. course, basic paddling skills and water safety is taught and rescue techniques demonstrated.
All while touring the E.B.F. National Wildlife Refuge.
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Each troop and leader is fitted to a quality kayak,
performance paddle and a life vest of proper fit.

  Kayak terminology is reviewed and
  paddling techniques demonstrated
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Paddling techniques demonstrated in protected harbor.         Please note our floating docks for ease of kayak entry.
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In the journey,  the adventure potential of coastal sea kayak touring is experienced.
We challenge each student with an extended paddle through protected beauty of the E.B.F. Wildlife Refuge &
weather permitting, try open water paddling in Barnegat Bay.

NJ Kayak 's guide to student ratio is 1 to 5.   Besides assuring safety, the 1 to 5 ratio permits NJ Kayak's American canoe Association (ACA) certified instructor guides to provide each student  with personal attention and encouragement.
Each student builds a confidence and pride in their ability to paddle and control a kayak in various conditions.
By example, continual practice and instruction, each student learns the responsibility and safety issues of kayaking.

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Along the way, we demonstrate rescue techniques and review water safety issues
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Weather permitting, we find time to stretch our legs and have light snack along white sand beaches of the refuge.
Our staff will share all decision making with the troop leaders and welcome their leadership skills during the course.

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It is our hope that the troop leadership enjoy and relax knowing that their troop is professionally guided.
The fee for the three hour "Introduction to Coastal Sea Kayak Touring" is $45 per guest.

Even with the rising financial cost in providing our kayak instruction and providing only quality equipment,
NJ Kayak has held to the scout group discount fee for three years.

It is our joy to introduce all visitors to the beauty and the diversity of Barnegat Bay, the surrounding Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge and to New Jersey's coastal wetlands.
From this experience it is our hope to instill a desire to protect all waterways and to make kayaking a healthy lifelong sport.  "Adventure In Your Own Back Yard"

Equipment included for kayak instruction:
    Professional Sea Kayak with fore & aft  bulkheads with rudder
    Fitted PFD (lifejacket)
    Quality fiberglass shaft paddle