Here’s a hint to aspiring canoeists.
There’s a reason why you normally put the canoe in the water before you get into it.
If you’re wondering why, see below.
Peter
Canoe launch FAIL!
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Those aren’t canoeists. Those are kayakers, and kayakers are certifiably insane to begin with.
Antibubba
That’s a great video of a kayak launching fail – have any of canoes? 😛
I’ve been in quite a few kayak launches that involved glacial meltwater, where the motivation to keep any part of the body from getting wet was very high. Some failed, none this spectacularly, but most ended up with mud and water in only minor amounts in the kayak.
Then again, what did they have the front end overloaded with? Rocks in the front baggage?
But a kayak is a canoe is a dugout is a whatchamacallit, no? I’ve never considered a kayak to be anything other than a form of canoe, but that may be my foreign upbringing. Are the two considered different craft in the US?
I’ve been around boats all my life, including canoes. To me a kayak is a form of canoe. Both are highly unstable forms of watercraft unless you know what y0u’re doing.
A canoe has an open deck and you usually sit in a normal position. A kayak has a covered “spraydeck” and you sit in a kneeling position.
They also require a different skill set to use, as kayaks are a bit more unstable than canoes. Also unlike a canoe, a kayak with a proper spraydeck can be rolled over in order to upright it without ejecting the paddler or swamping the boat if you happen to capsize.
Oh fun… NOT
Greetings from the Bahamas. 🙂
What Americans call a kayak is typically called a canoe in many Commonwealth countries.
Sometimes–but not always–what Americans call a canoe is called a Canadian canoe.