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"Skill and judgement is way more important than gear."
Faulty empiricism.
Once you're wet, the basics of physics and biology apply no matter who you are.
Then Why Would
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you want to take BCU assessment? Why not just forget about judgement and go paddle, without checking weather and water conditions? All you need is your amulet of a drysuit to make you a perfectly safe paddler. Indeed forget the lessons, and go buy yourself a bunch gear. By that measure, you would automatically become a primo paddler.
sing
to avoid the swim
we work on skills
But since it’s not a matter of “if” but “when” one swims (as you so rightly often point out), one needs to be dressed for immersion too.
If you didn’t believe that, you wouldn’t wear your wetsuit, sing.
That’s only one side of the coin, though. I work on skills because it’s more fun.