HCCB Sea Kayak Skills Levels

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
1		HCCB Sea Kayak Levels
2	Level I	Forward/Backward	Sweep	360 sweep turn in place	Stern rudder	Draw stroke	Show control of kayak in current	Wet exit	Under 19 minute time trial
3	Level I
4	Level II	Contact tow	T Rescue	Low/high brace	Edge turn and bow rudder turns	Self rescue under 120 seconds	Sculling draw	Under 16:30 minute time trial	Control kayak with 1 ft sea
5	Level II
6	Level III	Low brace turn	Tow	Enter/exit eddy	Self rescue under 90 seconds	Scoop rescue and bow rescue	Under 15 minute time trial	Control kayak with >10 kn winds, 1-2 ft seas	Figure 8
7	Level III
8	Level IV	Back deck swimmer rescue	Hand of God rescue	Roll	Backward figure 8	Time trial under 15 minutes	Control kayak with >15 kn wind 2-3 ft seas
9	Level IV
10	Level V	Hand roll	Surf	X-Rescue W/O bulkhead	Control kayak with >20 kn winds, > 3ft seas
11	Level V
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