Kayaking
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Kayaking merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 2012 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 149 | |
Requirements revision: | 2012 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2012 |
Contents |
“ | This merit badge can be earned concurrently with the Kayaking BSA Award but earning one does not automatically qualify the Scout as earning the other.
The Worksheet contains information on, and can be used for, either or both the Kayaking Merit Badge and the Kayaking BSA award, and indicates which requirements correspond in whole or in part to requirements for the other award. | ” |
Kayaking merit badge requirements | ![]() |
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Notes
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- Kayaking is a popular summer camp merit badge.
Requirement resources
First Aid
1. Hypothermia - Heat Reactions - Dehydration - Insect Stings - Tick Bites - Blisters
2. CPR
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
3. Swimming
BSA Swim Test: Diving also has the feetfirst jump in - Sidestroke - Breaststroke - Trudgen Crawl - Backstroke - Swimming Turns - Floating
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See Swimming Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: Swimming & Lifesaving Merit Badge Pamphlets - Guide to Safe Scouting - Safe Swim Defense - Safety Afloat
4. The BSA Safety Afloat policy you need is in the Kayaking Worksheet.
5. See the blank canoe and paddle diagrams in the Canoeing Worksheets
5a-c. Major parts of a canoe completed diagram is in the Aquatics Troop Program Feature. The blank canoe diagrams in the Canoeing Worksheets
5d/e. The parts of a paddle completed diagram is in the Boating-Canoeing Troop Program Feature. The blank paddle diagrams in the Canoeing Worksheets
5f/g.PFD
7. Canoe stroke diagrams are in the Boating-Canoeing Troop Program Feature.
6-10. ExpertVillage.com Lesson Videos: Canoeing Safety· - PDFs - Paddles - Getting In/Out - Paddling - On The Water
Related awards
Aquatic-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Lifting and Carrying Canoes
- American Canoe Association
- NOC (Nantahala Outdoor Center), NC and NOC's Boy Scout program page