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Old 05-15-2012, 04:22 AM   #11
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I've tried a few times and while the are very fun they are not for me. I'm not a sailor in any way and I like solid ground under my feet more than any other terrain.


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Canoes are used in salt water all the time. The Makah Indians and many others whaled out of large open cedar canoes. Canoes are what allowed for the exploration of Polynesia. Canadians use canoes in saltwater more than Americans. A cover can be added for rough conditions.

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I am not going to get in a ****ing contest about constitutes a canoe. Many have outriggers and surf Hawaii. Kon-Tiki demonstrated the feasaiility of a reed canoe catamaran traveling from Polynesia to South America. People lash canoes together all the time. On the Yukon river native people lash freight canoes together and build a platform with plywood and set up tents. I have paddles canoes lashed together on the Snake River which works like a charm. I have surfed the waves of Lake Tahoe in a storm in an open canoe. They go down the Grand Canyon. They are used with a cover in Alaskan waters. Umiaks (large skin boats in the shape of a canoe) are the workhorse of the Arctic. The canoe is one of the great boat designs in human history and it evolved in North America. Canada has been crossed by boat twice in human history that I am aware of in .. you guessed it, canoes.


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Old 05-15-2012, 07:39 PM   #13
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Canoes are used in salt water all the time. The Makah Indians and many others whaled out of large open cedar canoes. Canoes are what allowed for the exploration of Polynesia. Canadians use canoes in saltwater more than Americans. A cover can be added for rough conditions.
Just a couple of points; the "canoes" used by the polynesians were actually two or more canoes lashed together to form a catamaran or such, not your typical car topper. And as you pointed out, the Makahs (and others) used large canoes propelled by several people and they sometimes didn't return from the hunt.

I seriously doubt anyone could use a canoe to circumnavigate Iceland and survive but you are free to try if you wish.


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Old 05-15-2012, 09:01 PM   #14
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Most of my experiance was in a BIG canoe!!



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i am not a white water paddler, I'm more into canoeing and camping. I have paddled several thousand miles and camped all up and down the major rivers and almost any Bayou worth traveling. just not into rapids or the prospect of capsizin just for the fun of it. My favorite paddle is a misty morning in the swamps with a big hawkin canoe full of gear


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Most of my experiance was in a BIG canoe!!
WOW how many does it take to paddle that canoe? LOL

I'm new to kayaking, I have only had mine out a few times but I love it more every time I get it out.


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AKHunter, they don't paddle that canoe. They got a herd of Sea Horses pulling it


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