Knack Canoeing for Everyone: A Step-By-Step Guide To Selecting The Gear, Learning The Strokes, And Planning Your Trip (Knack: Make It Easy)

Here is the first full-color, step-by-step book on all aspects of canoeing! With a gear-buying guide and hundreds of color photos, this is the clearest, most accessible instructional guide availablefor paddling on ponds, lakes, rivers, or oceans. It covers choosing and transporting a canoe, paddling techniques, accessories, and safety and offers a range of recreational ideas, including day, weekend, and expedition-level trips.

A canoe, a paddle, a body of water—it’s nice to think that’s all it takes. Whether for fishing, nature watching, a wilderness adventure, or just a bit of exercise, canoeing is in fact a simple pleasure only after you’ve acquired the knowledge to make it so. Enter Knack Canoeing for Everyone, the first idea-packed, picture-driven guide to present, step by step, all the tools you need to make sense of the mind-boggling array of canoes and gear on the market. And you’ll find out how best to use this equipment—on ponds, lakes, rivers, or oceans. This essential resource also offers a whole host of recreational ideas, including day, weekend, and expedition-level trips.

 

Inside you'll find:

 

450 full-color photos Selecting a Canoe
• Transportation Paddles, PDFs, and Other Gear Lakes
• Rivers
• Oceans Launching & Landing Basic Strokes
• Day Trips Longer Trips
• Portaging Safety First Aid

From the Back Cover: A canoe, a paddle, a body of water - it's nice to think that's all it takes. Whether for fishing, nature watching, a wilderness adventure, or just a bit of exercise, canoeing is in fact a simple pleasure only after you've acquired the knowledge to make it so. Enter Knack Canoeing for Everyone, the first idea-packed, picture-driven guide to present, step by step, all the tools you need to make sense of the mind-boggling array of canoes and gear on the market. And you'll find out how best to use this equipment - on ponds, lakes, rivers, or oceans. This essential resource also offers a whole host of recreational ideas, including day, weekend, and expedition-level trips. Inside you'll find: 450 full-color photos; Selecting a Canoe * Transportation; Paddles, PDFs, and Other Gear; Lakes * Rivers * Oceans; Launching & Landing; Basic Strokes * Day Trips; Longer Trips * Portaging Safety; First Aid