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back eddy / counter-current backrest baidarka barbecue, beach bearings - see navigation bilge, round binoculars biocomposites bivouac bag for camping boomers bothy / group shelter brace strokes - see technique breaking in/ breaking out - see technique breathable & other fabrics - see fabrics bulkheads & hatches buoyancy aid / PFD / lifejacket buoyancy bags buoys - see navigation
C to C roll camping & camp cooking camping mattress as a survival aid canoe, birchbark canoe, Canadian canoe, outrigger carbon-kevlar kayaks cardinal mark cart, kayak charts - see navigation checklists of equipment child, kayak dimensions for children, sea kayaking for chine hull, hard chine and multi-chine clapotis clothing for kayaking clothing, caring for clouds, weather prediction from coaming, cockpit cockpit design cockpit pod cold air, effect of cold water, effect of collisions at sea, avoiding color of your paddles compass, deck or hand-held compass, using a - see navigation compass rose composite construction composites, sustainable contact lenses contact tow cooking on expedition Coremat / Spheretex - see sandwich construction cost of sea kayaking equipment counter-current / back eddy Curl, the - see technique, rescue currach or curragh current atlas (tidal stream atlas) currents, non-tidal currents, tidal - see tidal streams
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T-rescue - see technique, rescue tack-and-tape plywood construction technique chapter contents technique, capsizing & wet exit technique, carrying your kayak technique, draw stroke technique, edging & leaning technique, emptying a kayak technique, extended grip for paddling and rolling technique, fast-moving water technique, ferry glide technique, getting into your kayak technique, hanging draw stroke technique, high brace technique, high recovery support stroke technique, hip snap / hip flick technique, low brace & low brace turn technique, low recovery support stroke technique, paddling backwards technique, paddling forwards technique, rafting up technique, rescue, emptying a flooded kayak technique, rescue, kayaker-to-kayaker technique, rescue, kayaker-to-swimmer technique, rescue, self-rescue technique, rescue, swimmer-to-kayaker technique, roll, C-to-C technique, roll, hand technique, roll, Pawlata technique, roll, reverse sweep / screw technique, roll, Steyr technique, roll, sweep / screw technique, sculling draw stroke technique, sculling brace support stroke technique, stern brace technique, stern rudder technique, support strokes technique, surfing - see surf technique, sweep strokes technique, towing temperatures, air temperatures, sea thermal stretch clothing throwline tidal diamonds - see navigation tidal plots - see navigation tidal stream atlas (current atlas) tidal streams tidal streams, crossing a strong current tidal streams, extremes around the world tidal streams, going against a strong current tide races, rips & overfalls tide tables tide, equinoctial tide, spring and neap tide, the nature of tide, the daily tidal cycle tide, the tidal range tide, tidal bore or eagre towing - the technique towing - the tow belt towing - the towing cleat transits/ ranges - see navigation T-rescue - see technique, rescue tuiliq / anorak / cag / dry top TX-rescue - see technique, rescue
Ventile - see fabrics, natural VHF radio volume, factor in hull design
X-rescue - see technique, rescue yachting & sea kayaking compared
