At 9:07 PM -0400 8/7/02, KiAyker_at_aol.com wrote: > I have been having an argument about just what makes a canoe verses what >makes a kayak? I thought I knew, but now I'm confused. I know there are a lot >of you on this list which know a bunch more about this stuff then I do, so I >thought I would appeal to you for help. What's a kayak, and what's a canoe? >Isn't a C-1 a racing canoe? And a K-1 a racing kayak? But then I have also >heard C-1 being applied to a squirt boat. If you paddle it on your knees >doesn't that make it a canoe? I checked some web sites and found one that >called C-1's kayaks. So what's the real scoop here? One definition I've heard is: "If the deck is taken off a canoe, no big deal. If the deck is taken off a kayak, it is in trouble." It is a good definition, unfortunately it doesn't quite work. There are kayaks that would without a deck and canoes that really need the deck. -- Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 *************************************************************************** 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 - 05:48:46 PDT
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