>>>C-1 means canoe for a single paddler and K-1 means single kayak. You can make either a C-1 or a K-1 squirt boat - a squirt boat is simply one that has little reserve bouyancy and is barely afloat. More accurately, a C-1 is a decked single canoe, with the paddler in a kneeling position and using a single blade. If it's a traditional kind of canoe with no decks, then it's an OC-1 for Open Canoe. OC-2 is tandem.... There are K1s, and there are a few K2s.... Calling a C-1 a kayak makes as much sense as calling a kayak a canoe (umm, wait the Brits do that...). If you look at photos from the late 1800s, you'll find that many canoes had some decking, perhaps 2-3 feet from either end. They were often paddled with double blades, and in many cases the paddler sat on the bottom. It was this kind of canoe that was introduced into Europe (much earlier, probably, -- the Rob Roy was a decked canoe). And it was this kind of canoe that evolved in Europe into the kayak. The decking was extended from each end until only a hole was left for the paddler. These were developed probably after WWI and were primarily whitewater boats. The Sea Kayak as we know it, and from Inuit, Greenland, or Aleutian roots were primarily North American. Insofar as confusion between C1 & K1, there are a few ww kayaks that can be altered by the buyer into a C-1, so sometimes it can be difficult. Further converting this boat in either form to a squirt boat can also be done by 'dishing' the stern, and sometimes the bow as well. There is a set of instructions I saw which involved heating the stern with a heat gun then parking a motorcycle on it... JP *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 08 2002 - 03:39:44 PDT
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