So you want to get into kayaking!
Bristol Canoe Club will again be running beginners courses on Bristol Harbour in 2025. The course is run in four evening sessions from our base at Baltic Wharf on the Harbour. We provide all the kit you need to learn to safely kayak on flat water. Each session lasts about two hours. At the end of the course you will receive the British Canoeing ‘Discover’ award.
We run the course on Bristol Harbour which is a great place to learn to kayak. We access the harbour from the pontoon at Baltic Wharf, by the Cottage Inn. Note that this is a complete beginners course for Kayak, We assume you have not paddled a kayak before. At the end of four weeks you will be able to paddle on flat water. During the course you’ll become familiar with the equipment and learn to paddle forward, backwards, sideways, stop, turn, and safely capsize. You’ll get to experience paddling on Bristol Harbour and enjoy views of the harbour from the water (including the SS Great Britain and all the other interesting boats on the harbour). If you’ve already done a fair bit of flat water paddling, this may not be the course for you.
The cost of the course is £100. Information on how to book on the course is provided below.
Please note that even if you can’t make all the dates on the course it’s important to attend the first course where you will be introduced to your coach and receive a briefing on equipment you will use and safety on the water.
This year our course dates are:
Course 1: TUESDAYS 6pm Starts May 6th Sessions on May 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
Course 2: MONDAYS 6.30pm Starts June 9th. Sessions on June 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th.
Course 3: TBC
Course 4: TBC
The courses start at 6/6.30pm at Baltic Wharf (by the cottage Inn BS1 6XG) . We provide all the kit. You will see availability for the various dates on the system when you go through the booking process. We do encourage people to attend all the course dates, and especially the first one as this is where you will be introduced to the equipment. .
Registering and booking on the course:
- Go to https://webcollect.org.uk/bristolcanoeclub
- .On the right hand side, under Events, click Book Places note only the first date available is shown, other dates are shown after you click this link)
- Add the beginners course for the date you want to your basket (make sure you’ve clicked the correct date).
- Click ‘checkout’ and follow instructions for payment.
- You will need to subscribe to the ‘webcollect’ platform that we use for membership and event bookings
If you have any questions please contact me via email to coaching@bristolcanoeclub.org.uk and include “Beginners Course” in the subject line and state which course you are interested in.
Genny