Reservations are required: https://paddleboston.com/instruction/kayaking-classes/ocean-skills-and-navigation/ Ocean Skills Full-Day Trip meets at our Paddle Shop in Waltham and we'll travel by van to the destination. $139 includes full-day trip with expert guiding (max. 5:1 student:instructor ratio) using your own boat. $155 with a composite or plastic sea kayak (model depends on availability). This full-day trip is the foundation for your ocean paddling skills! We will extend what we learned in Introduction to Kayaking by covering more boat-maneuvering skills (especially utilizing edging to make our boats turn faster), bracing skills, and rescue skills (including self-rescues and Eskimo rescues). Since we are venturing onto the ocean for the first time as sea kayakers, we will also discuss such ocean-specific issues as basic navigation, rules of the road, flares and signalling, and VHF radio usage. And finally, we will teach you skills to deal with the sea kayaker’s biggest adversary: wind.