Facts About Canoe, A Relaxing And Thrilling Experience

By Anthony Thompson


Traveling to other places sparks a new adventure and experience for travelers. It is either to learn about the history of a location and be immersed in its beauty, or doing outdoor activities and venture to different lands and waters of the destination. Activities like hiking, mountain biking, cliff diving, kayaking and other adrenaline exciting exercises.

Trip experience relies on its destination and what it can offer for tourists. Just like what Foggy Bottom canoe presents to their visitors, they provide canoe experience for those who wants to try it. The place has a calm river surrounded by beautiful nature that tourists can take pictures or have a picnic on the side of the river.

Apart from being mesmerized by the gorgeous place and its history, the activity too has quite of a background before becoming an established form of sport. Started in some areas of Europe comprises of having a single blade paddle used to paddle the boat. From way back before, it was distinguished as a classical way of transportation, and modernized as an official transit in the 19th century.

Time passes by, a group of organization turned the transportation into a sport which lately made its appearance in the Olympics back in the summer of 1936. With its exposure, cities and other places that have rivers started acquiring these boats to attract tourists on their locality to boost tourism. This past time exercise is more exhilarating for adrenaline seekers especially when rivers have rapid currents.

For family experiences, there are rivers that are calm and good for exploring the surroundings along with the kids and appreciating the nature itself. Crews that provide instructions are required to be trained and friendly to the people, particularly when giving directions with the use of the canoe. Similar to other exercises, kayaking also has set of guideline to be followed before paddling into the water.

For professionals, similar to those that compete in canoe tournaments like sprint canoe prefer going to speedy current rivers. These competitors place themselves in the kayak in a kneeling position and the important part of getting speed is to have less drag on the water by reducing the impact to the boat. That is why there are several sizes of canoes depending on its use.

Beams with a narrow width of 33 inches wide is great for speed and paddling efficiency, best for racing competitions. The downside is it has low initial stability, meaning it is not easy to balance at first ride. First timers might have a hard time getting on this one, as this kind of model is designed for racing purposes.

While medium sizes having 34 to 37 inches measurement has a good combination of stability and capacity. Two people can ride in this type of size, and easy to paddle single or double. But, it is below the narrow sized kayak regarding speed and second in terms of initial stability compared to the final one.

The medium size, measuring 38 inches have a high stability compared to the first two. Good for photographic purposes and fishing activities, because it is slow speed and glide, hard to paddle on when all alone. Kayaking might be a relax and calm activity for the family, but come to think of it, it can deliver an exhilarating experience too and definitely one thing a person should experience.




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