Canoeing, the endeavor that Columbus described in his letters home to his Mom while he was visiting Honduras, is either the meat or potato of CkAPCO. [links to Our Canoe classes and trips are throughout the page.] There are many styles and shapes in the canoeing world. Below is the Tandem recreational canoe with which most are familiar. These are usually 15 to 17 feet long and about 3 feet wide. Great all purpose boats for one [with practice] or two folks or maybe a family of four. Tandem and solo "Rec" canoes are suitable for for classes from Level one "Quick Start" through Level 2/3 essentials/Basic River .
This next canoe below is a solo all purpose boat. Note the one seat. Both of these tandem and solo canoes could be outfitted for mild white water with the addition of air bag floatation and foam padding and maybe thigh straps...... the solo canoes are generally narrower, a little shorter and lighter than their big sister tandems. They are also suited for Freestyle Canoeing.
The purple canoe below is a solo White Water boat with out outfitting: Air bag floatation which helps to displace water, special seats called saddles and thigh straps/retainers to hold you in the boat for control and to roll the boat up when it flips. The big difference between these and the recreational boats is the shape of the hull. WW canoes generally have curved [rocker] bottoms from bow to stern; they are rounder on the bottom from side to side; they are narrower and don't go straight worth a nickel but turn on a dime. These canoes act much like River kayaks. They are usually 13 Feet long, or less, and about 27 to 28 inches wide. These are the canoes that we use for our WW and Advanced WW classes.
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The other type of canoe, which seems hardly like canoe at all, is the C-1 [solo] and C-2 [Tandem] decked canoe. These have all of the appearance of a River kayak except that the paddler kneels in the boat and paddles with a single bladed paddle.
Canoeing, the endeavor that Columbus described in his letters home to his Mom while he was visiting Honduras, is either the meat or potato of CkAPCO. [links to Our Canoe classes and trips are throughout the page.] There are many styles and shapes in the canoeing world. Below is the Tandem recreational canoe with which most are familiar. These are usually 15 to 17 feet long and about 3 feet wide. Great all purpose boats for one [with practice] or two folks or maybe a family of four. Tandem and solo "Rec" canoes are suitable for for classes from Level one "Quick Start" through Level 2/3 essentials/Basic River .
This next canoe below is a solo all purpose boat. Note the one seat. Both of these tandem and solo canoes could be outfitted for mild white water with the addition of air bag floatation and foam padding and maybe thigh straps...... the solo canoes are generally narrower, a little shorter and lighter than their big sister tandems. They are also suited for Freestyle Canoeing.
The purple canoe below is a solo White Water boat with out outfitting: Air bag floatation which helps to displace water, special seats called saddles and thigh straps/retainers to hold you in the boat for control and to roll the boat up when it flips. The big difference between these and the recreational boats is the shape of the hull. WW canoes generally have curved [rocker] bottoms from bow to stern; they are rounder on the bottom from side to side; they are narrower and don't go straight worth a nickel but turn on a dime. These canoes act much like River kayaks. They are usually 13 Feet long, or less, and about 27 to 28 inches wide. These are the canoes that we use for our WW and Advanced WW classes.
The other type of canoe, which seems hardly like canoe at all, is the C-1 [solo] and C-2 [Tandem] decked canoe. These have all of the appearance of a River kayak except that the paddler kneels in the boat and paddles with a single bladed paddle.