At 09:07 PM 8/7/2002 -0400, you 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? C1 is canoe one person K1 is kayak one person C2 is canoe two people K2 is kayak 2 people OC1 is open canoe one person OC2 is open canoe two people. As to what exactly a canoe is versus a kayak I can't get there. At first blush a canoe is paddled with a single bladed paddle and a kayak with a double bladed paddle. Others may say a canoe is paddled kneeling and a kayak sitting - my canoes have "tractor" seats in them, kneeling isn't really an option. You then get to the exceptions, a double paddle canoe, like a Rob Roy, or a traditional kayak paddled with a single bladed kayak, and I'm not capable of coming up with a clear "legal" definition. I was planning on using this undefinable argument if I was ever harassed/ticketed for using my kayak with the canoeing permit on a local lake. Take the town to court and make them define what a canoe versus a kayak is - I know I can't do it.... Kirk *************************************************************************** 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 - 06:41:15 PDT
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