Introduction To Canoeing 

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Good plain straight forward advice. Old video, but good advice never gets old.

It’s amazing how many people don’t haven’t a clue about canoeing while on a trip . Thanks

I'm 71 and a longtime paddling lover. I had different canoes. Lately, I bought my 2nd 12 feet solo canoe, an Esquif Adirondak 42 lbs. Easy to portage. Last year I had a recreational 10' kayak. I sold it, although it was a good and comfortable one. Can't stand that left-right, left-right paddling. I can paddle a canoe alone on the same side and going in straight line. Even it's only a 12 ft canoe, I can load near 500 lbs in it. Great for solo canoeing-camping. I highly recommand to take canoe paddling lessons, not matter if you want to paddle in still waters or white waters.

Me & my wife just bought a canoe. This is a very good tutorial. Thank you!

I’ve got a green Discovery 158 from the same era that this video was made in (early-‘90s), still a great canoe thirty years on. As a Mainer, I’m proud to say, “Old Town for life.”

Great video! I have been canoeing off and on for 40 years and I learned some real good tips from this video. Also, there is a Old Town Canadienne in the video, which hasn't been made in a looong time, but I have one my self. It's a darn good boat.

A very well made video with lots of great information for new canoeist.

Great narration! so concise..reminds of old highschool films on the reel to reel projectors!!

One of the more effective instructional videos on RU-vid. (See also: "How Differential Steering Works").

Great video! I am ready to start taking the family out canoeing.

Well done description. You may add the importance of fore and aft trim when doing a back (downstream) ferry. When the stern is heavier than the bow (like we usually do when heading downstream) it can cause the stern of the canoe to act like a rudder. This can be a disaster in big water as it digs in with such force you can not overcome the canoe from swapping ends. Search for Canoe Trim, or how to improve your back paddle on you tube.

oh my gosh - I always have had to relearn the trucker's hitch every year because it was never explained as simply as in this video! thanks!

Thanks for the refresher course 👍

This was a great video for beginners.

great video, thank you.

Very informative. I will need to watch a few more times to pick up all the great advise!

Excellent. Thanks for posting.

Just what I needed, thanks.

Great video, thanks. I'm going to show people this vid when there's bow paddler with me. Good crash course. I'm fairly new myself - 2 or 3 years, but also I usually paddle solo, so I need a lot of practice with dual paddlers.

Thank you very much for this video

Great vídeo. Very informative. I have na open top canoe but there are very few of them in Portugal. Thanks

great video!

Very informative!

Great video

Like everyone else, I think this is a great video. Do you know its year of production? I really like this style of educational video, it feels straightforward, honest, wholesome, and authoritative, and reminds me of my primary school years when these were commonplace...

Thank you!

Excellent coverage of the basics for introduction to canoes & canoe strokes & techniques.

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great video...it's funny bc I know someone who told me the bow paddler never uses a pry...as an experienced paddler, it is one of the most useful and powerful strokes...they didn't use it so much in this video as they had the bow paddler using the cross bow draw, which everyone I know who uses that, DUMPS!!!

No mention of Aluminum? No mention of a "shoe keel"? Oh how quickly forgotten. Grumman, Alumicraft, Michicraft where fore art thou? Paddling across a lake, give me a keel for straight paddling. White water, sure, ABS and soft keel.

I am making my girlfriend watch this before we go

This is an excellent video! What was it originally titled?

Man, they don’t make things like this anymore.

2018?

my shaft is always vertical before the stroke

Summarized: Push the water the opposite direction you want to go.

I'm black and I feel white tryna learn how to canoe lmao

Where can I find the boat in any country you are?

Pause a moment and picture the narrator telling a joke.

I had to watch his for BSA boring, but informational

I did it at camp

hmmm here I've been doing it wrong all these years.

It`s a very gay friendly sport, I like it!

pry strokes are useless, you would do better doing a 8 stroke, its alot faster aswell.

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I’ve never been in a Canoe before, therefore I must give you a thumbs down...sorry.