Re: [Paddlewise] What's what? Canoe or kayak?

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:41:15 -0400
From: <KiAyker_at_aol.com>

>    OK, so a C-1 is a decked canoe, and a K-1 is a kayak. Does that mean a sea 
> kayak is a K-1 also? 

Yes.

> And aren't the canoes used in racing refereed to as C-1 
> even though they do not have decks?

These designations are a bit context sensitive.  The use of C-1 or OC-1 is 
used when differentiation is required.  In the case of Olympic flatwater 
canoe racing, there are no decked canoes, so C-1 is clear; OC-1 would be 
superfluous.  In whitewater, both types of canoe are used, so the two terms 
are used.

Mike

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