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How to Paddle in a Kayak
How to Use Paddles When Kayaking
How to Hold a Kayak Paddle
How to Grip a Kayak Paddle
How to Pick Up a Kayak
Tips on Getting in a Kayak at the Dock
Getting Out of Kayak at the Dock
Tips on Getting in a Sit-Inside Kayak
Getting Out of a Sit-Inside Kayak
How to Do Basic Forward Stroke in Kayaking
Advanced Kayaking Forward Stroke Tips
How to Do Sweep Stroke in Basic Kayaking
How to Do Back Stroke in Basic Kayaking
How to Turn in a Kayak
Tips on Getting in a Kayak in Water
Guide to Using Canoe Paddles
Tips on Getting in & Out of a Canoe
How to Paddle in a Canoe
What to Bring On Canoe Trips
Knowing Boat Etiquette & Safety for Canoeing
Types of Life Jackets Used for Canoeing
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"We want to talk about paddling your canoe. So basically go ahead and get in the boat like we explained before, and there's two strokes that you want to learn for your canoe. The first one is your forward stroke. It's going to be very similar to the kayak stroke. You want to grab the "T" grip with your hand, one hand on the lower part of the paddle; you're going to put the blade in the water in front of you. It's going to go to about a three quarters depth. You'll be bringing it back straight alongside the boat. You'll do three strokes on this side, second stroke, third stroke, and then what you want to do is switch hands. So you'll actually switch your grip, it will be your left grip, left hand on the "T" grip, right hand on the bottom of the shaft, one, two, three, and then again switching sides. This will keep you going straight. Now, if there are two people in the boat, what you want to do is have the person in the front calling the stroke. So one person will be stroking on one side, the person in the back will be stroking on the opposite side. When you do your switch, the person in front will call out "hut", which means to switch sides. So again, one, two, three, I call out "hut", my partner and I swap sides so he's now paddling on that side of the boat; I'm paddling on this side of the boat, one, two, three. Now to do a turn stroke basically it's a lot like kayaking. You want to basically, that back part of the stroke, bring the stroke towards the boat, which will turn the boat. Same as what we learned in the kayaking video go ahead and watch the kayaking for the turning. It was called "The Sweep Stroke" and it's that last section of the stroke where it just pulls towards the boat, which will turn the boat for you."
eHow Article: How to Paddle in a Canoe
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