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03-16-2010, 09:13 PM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 46
|  Good Age To Teach Canoeing
I have girls that are 7 and 9 and would love to take them out in the canoe, how old is a good age to teach them about it? I am scared they would tip it over, is that too young to take them out do you think?
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03-16-2010, 10:18 PM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 81
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I think it would be fine to take them out at that age. Just make sure you wear life vests and go over the rules before heading out. Girls are usually good about listening to you.
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03-22-2010, 05:12 PM
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#3 | | Look 2x Safe a life
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 2,583
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I'm very tempting to try and get my daughter to go n the kayak with me. She is only 2 though. It worries me. I may see how she does in the pool this year first though. Last year she hated the pool, but also hated the bath. Now she loves the bath, I hope she will like the pool.
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03-22-2010, 05:27 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 144
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I work at a camp where 7 year olds canoe at least once a week in a lake. Take them somewhere tame and safe, make sure they wear life jackets, teach them what to do if it does flip over...and if it does, have fun with it! 
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11-11-2010, 08:06 AM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2
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I started paddling when I was 7. Have been hooked ever since!
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11-13-2010, 01:07 AM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 50
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Mine first went on short kayak rides from when they were 8 & 5, and theirs was in the ocean in calm low tide water although it was never by themselves, since they knew how to swim I just made sure to remind them where to swim if they fall out and what to do if the whole thing tips over.
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11-23-2010, 01:22 AM
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#7 | | The Arcticllama
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Pole, Alaska Posts: 17
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my 5 year old paddles well.. my 3 year old hasn't got it figure out all the way yet
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11-26-2010, 11:16 PM
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#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5
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My daughter was 8 years old when she paddled the Oswegatchie River from Inlet to High Falls and back with me...26 miles round trip in about 5 days of paddling. That wasn't her first time paddling, but it was her first wilderness canoe trip.
She's 21 now, and is still an avid paddler. She finds day trips on local rivers and creeks boring if she's been there before. She's been hooked on adventures ever since.
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11-28-2010, 06:12 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Missouri Ozarks, between Springfield and Branson MO. Posts: 25
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We started our kids when they were 3 or 4. They grew up canoeing and river camping. Get them a dip net, the kind the bait shops use in their minnow tanks. They cost more but they will last years and are big enough to work well. Your kids will spend countless hours dipping critters out of the water and they will grow to love rivers, lakes and canoeing. Get them a "little paddle" so they can feel like their helping. It goes without saying that they always wear a pfd the fits when on or near water. Make sure it is comfortable and they won't mind it. Sit them on cushions in front of you and start them early on "safe" water. Have fun!!
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11-29-2010, 10:08 AM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 17
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