Canoeing: The Essential Skills and Safety (An Essential Guide)

Canoeing is for all levels of paddlers, providing beginners with the skills they need to maneuver a canoe effectively on flat water, and offering more experienced paddlers expert advice on how to hone their skills. Whether you enhoy small day trips around local lakes and slow-moving rivers, overnight trips, or expeditions, Andrew Westwood's thoughtful and clear breakfown of canoeing principles, skills, and techniques make this book a must-have for solo and tandem paddlers who are interested in maximizing their enjoyment of the canoe. You'll learn about: The equipment and how to choose it Essential strokes and techniques Offside and advanced strokes How to paddle tandem and solo Capsize recovery methods and safety issues