USCG Project Experts Launch National Human Propelled Boat
Standards Survey
Portsmouth, RI (July 29, 2013) — A team of experts assembled with U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG) grant funding seeks national content validation of a
set of entry level, skill-based Human (manually propelled) boat operation
standards. This is your opportunity to impact the development of recreational
paddling and rowing (canoes, kayaks, rowboats, paddleboards, etc.) standards
across the country by completing this on-line survey.
WHAT: The National On-Water
Standards Team, funded by USCG grants, is seeking input from recreational
paddling and rowing educators across the nation on a first-round set of
standards to be used to assess the performance of Human propelled boating
skills at the entry level. Following the survey, the standards will be updated
to reflect input from paddlers and rowers nationwide and eventually validated
and updated though a national field-testing program.
WHEN: The survey will be
conducted July 31 – August 30, 2013.
WHO: Recreational
paddling and rowing enthusiasts and especially those with experience in
On-Water teaching or training are urged to participate in an on-line survey
designed to collect feedback on the content of these entry-level, skill-based
standards for manually propelled boating.
WHY: By
completing this survey you will have a voice in the design of a national set of
HUMAN boating standards for recreational paddlers and rowers in the US. This
effort is part of the US Coast Guard’s (USCG) vision of a National System of
Standards for Recreational Boat Operation – that will organize both classroom
and on-water standards within a comprehensive system of recreational boating
education. The system will address standards for three domains of recreational
boating: SAIL, POWER and HUMAN propulsion.
US Sailing has been awarded grant funding from the U.S. Coast
Guard to facilitate a consensus-based process by which a team of diverse SMEs
from across the recreational boating community develop entry level, skill-based
performance standards for recreational boat operation. An objective grant
facilitator is designing and managing the collaborative development of SAIL,
POWER and HUMAN propelled standards that will eventually be recognized (not
mandated) by the US Coast Guard for incorporation in recreational boating
training programs nationwide.
CONTACT:
For more information,
please contact K. Brian Dorval at 716-994-2842 or brian@thinkfirstserve.com
