Product Description

This work includes white water safety and rescue for canoeists, kayakers and rafters. This is a completely revised new 2006 2nd edition now in full colour throughout. What's new in the 2nd Edition? This work includes: full colour and new photos throughout; the text has been completely revised and numerous small but significant improvements have been made; the principles of safety and rescue have been unified and the mneumonic C.L.A.P. adopted. This is to make it easier to remember them and fall in line with current practice in the teaching of white water safety. The rescue section has been reorganized to fit in more closely with the TRTTG 'low to high risk' model. The rafting sections have been completely rewritten by Geraint Rowlands. The chapter 'Planning a Descent' has been extended to cover factors to be considered when travelling abroad. One-handed signals as used by Paul O'Sullivan in his chapter in the BCU Canoe and Kayak Handbook have been adopted.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59729 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 298 pages

About the Author
Franco Ferrero divides his work time between managing Pesda Press and freelance coaching. He is qualified as a BCU Level 5 Coach (Sea and Inland) and holds the Mountaineering Instructor Certificate. His passions are white water and sea kayaking, rock and ice climbing, and ski-mountaineering. He has paddled throughout the UK and in many parts of the world including Nepal, Scandinavia, the coast of Brittany in France, the European Alps, Peru and Western Canada.

Customer Reviews

White Water Safety & Rescue Goes English...
At last - a book on white water safety and rescue written for British/European paddlers by British paddlers. Whilst US based texts are good in their concept and content, the dyanmics of US rivers are often different to those found in the UK, and therefore require a different safety and rescue strategy. Franco Ferrero, with contributions from other notable paddlers such as Loel Collins, covers a complete river strategy including hydrology and grading, scouting, leadership, safety and rescue. Many rescue techniques are covered, with the emphasis firmly placed on speed and simplicity, rather than complex rope techniques (these are covered however, with a specific need in mind). Given this book's focus on safety as well as rescue, it should prove to be a welcome addition to any paddlers bookshelf. Maybe the authors will consider making a video based on the book...

An absolute must!
White water safety and rescue brings together essential information and techniques that are useful to anybody involved in moving watersports.

The book contains a wealth of information, from the basics of reading water through to incident management and rescue techniques.
The techniques and "golden nuggets" are presented in a clear unclutted manner. The use of diagrams, colour photos and cartoons all make this book very usable.

I especially liked way the information was presented and complemented. The book is solid, both in terms of content and presentation - which is something that is to be expected of the author and the books contributors.

This review appeared in Canoe Focus Magazine
Today the skill of the average paddler is higher than ever before but situations and accidents still happen! This book is written by Franco Ferrero, Head of Canoeing at Plas y Brenin, who is one of the countries foremost practitioners and a respected white water paddler. It deals not only with how to rescue but with the whole topic of safety. It is divided in to four major sections with twenty nine chapters covering white water safety, white water rescue, care of victims and recovery / access. It contains sixteen pages of full colour photographs interspersed with black and white photographs along with clear diagrams, not only covering kayaking, but with useful contributions on traditional open boating by Ray Goodwin, WW open boat by Dave Luke and rafts by Bob Timms. Well laid out and easy to read, where this book really scores is from the author's own personal experiences and reflections with plenty of 'top tips and handy hints', and is certainly a useful 'tool' for those working towards the BCU's 5 star awards. There are some well chosen words of advice for professional instructors and also for bodies such as fire and rescue personnel who often get involved in rescue/recoveries. A set of appendices including knots and hitches complements the text. White Water Safety and Rescue is extremely comprehensive, written with a British flavour it places equal importance on both the motor skills and cognitive side of safety, not only thoughtful but thought provoking and is a highly recommended reference in the library of any canoe-sport coach or white water paddler.

Review by Graham Wardle