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Gold
(Practice/Qualifying) Expedition 2010 
Date: June
11th – June 18th
Aims and Objectives:
To
promote the spirit of adventure and self-discovery
Destination:
Phang Nga Bay. Click
here to see a map/chart of Phang
Nga Bay. There are a couple of nice photo galleries
here
and here.
Program offered:
Kayaking in Phang Nga Bay
 Tour
leader/guide team: Staffed by accredited assessors, this is
an excellent opportunity to link in with other individuals and groups
to complete a qualifying or full practice journey. This team of highly
qualified instructors has many years of experience in helping young
people achieve their Duke of Edinburgh Award, IYA and other award scheme
goals.
This expedition is open to
participants from any school, organization or group.
It may be summarized as involving
an unaccompanied self-reliant journey in the countryside by the participant's
own physical effort and without motorized assistance. The venture must
present the participants with an appropriate challenge in terms of purpose
and achievement with the minimum of Leader (adult) intervention.
Expectations and
Safety
During the practical aspects
of the expedition section (practice and assessment), participants will
be in the care of PaddleAsia and their staff. To provide an adequate
safety system while allowing participants to fulfill the self reliance
aspect of the award requires a high degree of balanced risk assessment
taking many things into consideration including:
• The nature of the
objective
• Dominant conditions
• Equipment (including clothing)
• Physical/mental condition of participants
• Knowledge and experience of staff
• Attitude and actions of participants
If there is any uncertainty
about any of these issues, then the expedition or that part of the expedition
will be stopped until the situation is resolve.
We will provide safe
situations where participants can: 
• Demonstrate activities
• Develop leadership skills (develop decision-making skills)
• Work as a team members (including recognizing the desires and
strengths of others)
• Respond to the challenges
• Plan and execute challenges
• Contemplate personal performance
• Enjoy and appreciate the natural world
Information provided
to interested schools, organizations or groups include:
• Risk assessments
• SOPs
• Evacuation protocol
• Proof of certification for all PaddleAsia and guest instructor
staff
Four-Day
Practice Itinerary
Basic Kayaking Instruction
• Transfer
from Phuket to Ko Yao Noi by PaddleAsia company longtail
• Transfer to the Holiday Resort and check into the rooms
• Transfer to the southern end of Ko Yao Noi
• On the beach safety instructions followed by fitting out the
students to their kayaks
• Paddle approximately one mile to a sandy point and practice
basic paddling technique
• Return to the bungalows
• After dinner, a course of basic kayak navigation including dead
reckoning and piloting
Meals included: Lunch, Dinner
Intermediate paddling technique training
and rescue
• Transfer to the pier and paddle over to the sandy point again
• Practice a "wet exit" (getting out of a capsized kayak)
• Learn
how to do an assisted rescue ("T" rescue and "H"
rescue)
• Learn intermediate boat-handling skills/maneuvers such as bracing
and draw strokes
• Go for a paddle and work on the forward stroke
• After dinner discussion on safety consciousness and creating
a paddle plan
Meals included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Advanced paddling technique, group paddle
and planning
• Learn more advanced boat-handling skills/maneuvers such as high
bracing and sculling strokes
• Go for a paddle and work on keeping the group together and practicing
leadership
• Students plan their trip, buy their food for the trip
• PaddleAsia staff are all on stand-by to assist, answer questions
and help where/when needed
• After dinner discussion on wind, waves, signaling and first
aid
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Group
paddle
• Paddle is
a group, practicing leadership skills and group management
• Practice rescue scenarios
• Students plan their trip, buy their food for the trip
• Evening discussion on rescue "what ifs"
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Four-Day
Assessment Itinerary
9 Nautical Miles
• Transfer from the Holiday Resort to the Laem Sai Pier
• Start paddling from a beach beside the pier (at the southern
end of Ko Yao Noi)
• Paddle to Ko Kai and take a break
• Paddle to Ko Pak Bia, have lunch
• Paddle to a beach on Ko Yao Noi and set up camp
10
Nautical Miles
• Break camp
and paddle north along the coast of Ko Yao Noi to Ko Kudu Yai and Ko
Kudu Noi. Have lunch on Ko Kudu Noi on a beach
• Paddle south to the southeast corner of Ko Boi Yai
• Set up camp
10 Nautical Miles
• Break camp
and paddle to Ko Yao Yai
• Paddle along the western coast to the designated camping area
• Set up camp
8 to 10 Nautical Miles
• Break camp and paddle further down the west coast of Ko Yao
Noi
• Return to Phuket via PaddleAsia longtail boat.
• End of PaddleAsia service (though the transfer back to the airport
or elsewhere is included in the trip price)
Note: at a very reasonable
speed of 3 nautical miles per hour, each day should be covered in around
4 hours, not counting breaks. Adding cooking, setting up camp, training,
skills practice, etc. The amount of time will satisfy the Duke of Edinburgh
/ IYA criteria.
Included:
• All transfers once on Phuket
• Accommodations as listed on itinerary
• All paddling gear: kayaks, paddles, PFDs, spray decks, bilge
pumps
• Meals as listed on itinerary during the practice section (first
four days)
• Camping gear: tents, stoves, cooking gas, sleeping pads, pillows,
blankets
• Insurance
• A complimentary custom PaddleAsia shirt
• IYA or D of E certificate
Excluded:
• Air transfers
to Phuket
• Accommodations outside of those listed itinerary
• Soft drinks and any beverage other than water
Price:
US$850 (or 28,000 Thai Baht)
- minimum of 6 participants
There
will have a longtail at our disposal at all times.
There
is good reception for mobile phones in the bay, so help is just a phone
call away.
Senior
staff qualification:
• Dave is an Emergency
First Response Instructor
•
Immediate Temporary Care certified as
of 5 September 2007 (HSE Approval #1670/96)
•
BCU
Level 2 Coach (level 3 trained)
• BCU certified life guard
• Dave is a Rescue
3 International technician (certified
October 2009)
• Phuket Lifeguard Club certified
in First Aid and CPR
• Mission Hospital CPR training in 2006
• Over 30 years of kayaking experience in both
extreme whitewater and sea kayaking
• The International
Award for Young People assessors
Staff qualification:
• All guides were trained in First Aid and
CPR by the Phuket Lifeguard Club (associated with the Australian Lifeguard
Association.) in May of 2007
• All guides are continually trained and kept up to date on the
latest first aid practices
Staff
to student ratio:
• 1 guide per every 4 students
Important
contacts:
Dave Williams, Director of
PaddleAsia Co., Ltd.
Mobile: 081 8936558
Office Phone: 076
240 952 (inside Thailand) +66 76 240 952 (outside Thailand)
Office Fax: +66 76 216145 (outside Thailand)
Walaporn (Moo), Co-Director
of PaddleAsia
Mobile: 081 7974855
Bangkok
Hospital Phuket
2/1 Hongyok Utis Road, Amphur Muang
Phuket 83000
Tel: 076 254 425 (inside Thailand) +66 76 254425 (outside Thailand)
Fax: +66 76 254 430 (outside Thailand)
Emergency contact number: 1719
Email
Website
Phuket
International Hospital
44 Chalermprakiat Ror 9 Rd, Amphur Muang
Phuket 83000
Phone 076 249 400 (inside Thailand) +66 76 249 400 (outside Thailand)
Fax +66 76 210 936 (outside Thailand)
Email
Website
Marine
Police Division 5
Phuket Road, Amphur Muang
Phuket 83000
Tel: 076 211883 (inside Thailand) +66 76 211883 (outside Thailand)
Web
pages of interest:
General
information
Weather
calendar
Logistics
What
to bring
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