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They always seem to have lost one glove. Golf fields must be littered with them.
Canoeing
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They always seem to have lost one glove. Golf fields must be littered with them.
Broadside
Guru
- Location
- Fleet, Hants
We bought a second hand one a couple of years, it's a kayak that can comfortably take 4 people. Great fun on the canal, never been stopped by anyone. We also use it in Salcombe harbour, where you do get checked but it's only about £14 for the year.
You can pickup lots of used kayaks for not a lot of money, there doesn't seem to be a huge used market so pickup a second hand bargain.
You can pickup lots of used kayaks for not a lot of money, there doesn't seem to be a huge used market so pickup a second hand bargain.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Globalti
Legendary Member
No they can't, a canoe and a kayak are completely different craft designed for different jobs.
Canoes are designed for competition and to be easily manoeuvred.
Canadian canoes are designed for stability, load carrying and shallow water.
Kayaks are designed for speed and long distance travel at sea. The kayak was the secret weapon that allowed the Inuit to live successfully in Arctic waters and it was failure to embrace Inuit technology that caused the Vikings to fail to colonise Greenland.
chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
Sea kayaking, my other great love. Here's a photo from a four day trip around Rassay and Rona I did a couple of years back.
Fubar
Guru
Saw 4 canoests when riding the Etape Caledonia on Sunday at Grantully, fairly common to see canoes/kayaks up here.
Unfortunately, I have to disagree. In some instances, a kayak and canoe, on face value, are virtually identical. Seating and paddle being the only differences e. g. K1 (kayak) slalom and C1 (canoe) slalom (see pic I posted earlier). Both very similar to the untrained eye.
there are a huge array of both kayaks and canoes. Kayaks are designed for all sorts of purposes including touring (long distances) as well as river running, slalom, play boating, all manner of racing and general recreation, to name but a few. If you look, you'll see that a multitude of canoes are designed for all manner of activites, including most of what I've listed for the kayak.
As I said in an earlier post, intrinsically, though there may be the odd exception, the main differences between canoe and kayak are the paddle or paddles and the seating/ kneeling arrangement. A quick nose on Google will confirm this.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
Funnily enough I'm just contemplating starting some canoeing myself. Haven't been in one for around 25 years TBH, so I'm very much planning to go to a local club HERE.
As for costs the above club are charging £20 pa for membership, and £5 per session including the use of any equipment you need, all of which I consider to be a bargain in this day and age.
If you fancy a mooch over this way they meet on a Monday night. I'm hoping to get there for a sniff myself this Monday if I get back from work in time
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
I saw some guys doing this in Northumberland when we up there in May, and that's what whetted my appetite to have a dabble, watch this space
