SnowmanV8
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A kayak is a kayak a canoe is a canoe.
TD5power
Certified Nutter
Closed top? Yeah
not strictly speaking - its the type of paddle used.
I assume he means he cant fit in a closed cockpit type.
SnowmanV8
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I always thought a canoe was open with a single paddle and a kayak was the closed top with a twin paddle.
mutsnutz
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thats right mate to many pies im afraid
not very water savvy im afraid just looking for ways to get fit and have fun at same time
thats how I was trained, but the description was changed about 5 years ago.
mutsnutz
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SnowmanV8
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Ah my training is older than 10 years ain't had a kayak in about 4. To the op its a hell alot of fun. Go abs with an inflatable buoyancy. Kayaks come in many sizes.
SnowmanV8
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been looking at inflatable type kayaks and moulded plastics but it looks like lots of fun now that ive packed in the cigs i have to get fit again
Had a fibreglass sea farer and it was great in big open water but I snapped it twice in rivers. My mini kayak was abs with blow up buoyancy that I left out was bloody brilliant could barrel roll with no efffort turned damn quick too.
for info....
Kayaking is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle.
A kayak is defined by the International Canoe Federation (the world sanctioning body) as a boat where the paddler faces forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle. Most kayaks have closed decks, although "sit-on-top" kayaks are growing in popularity, as are inflatable kayaks which come without a deck.
Other than by the minimum competition specifications (typically length and width (beam) and seating arrangement it is difficult to differentiate most competition canoes from the equivalent competition kayaks. The most common difference is that competition kayaks are always seated and paddled with a double-bladed paddle, and competition canoes are generally kneeled and paddled with a single-bladed paddle.
CANOE
Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott - Men's Canoe double
KAYAK
Huw Swetnam - Men's Kayak single
Kayaking is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle.
A kayak is defined by the International Canoe Federation (the world sanctioning body) as a boat where the paddler faces forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle. Most kayaks have closed decks, although "sit-on-top" kayaks are growing in popularity, as are inflatable kayaks which come without a deck.
Other than by the minimum competition specifications (typically length and width (beam) and seating arrangement it is difficult to differentiate most competition canoes from the equivalent competition kayaks. The most common difference is that competition kayaks are always seated and paddled with a double-bladed paddle, and competition canoes are generally kneeled and paddled with a single-bladed paddle.
CANOE
Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott - Men's Canoe double
KAYAK
Huw Swetnam - Men's Kayak single
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SnowmanV8
Well-Known Member
for info....
Kayaking is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle.
A kayak is defined by the International Canoe Federation (the world sanctioning body) as a boat where the paddler faces forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle. Most kayaks have closed decks, although "sit-on-top" kayaks are growing in popularity, as are inflatable kayaks which come without a deck.
Other than by the minimum competition specifications (typically length and width (beam) and seating arrangement it is difficult to differentiate most competition canoes from the equivalent competition kayaks. The most common difference is that competition kayaks are always seated and paddled with a double-bladed paddle, and competition canoes are generally kneeled and paddled with a single-bladed paddle.
CANOE
Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott - Men's Canoe double
KAYAK
Huw Swetnam - Men's Kayak single
####ing hell people like to make **** difficult!
