Workshop Solo Canoeing – Intro for Tandem paddlers

In the workshops this weekend I would like to get you out of the tandem into a solo canoe and/or enhance your techniques in a solo. Often paddlers feel lost if their partner is not available – some paddle for years only in the bow of a tandem. Do you want to miss paddling because of no partner at hand? Surely not. Paddling solo gives you independence, widens your experience and view on canoeing; and helps also your capabilities in a tandem.

This workshop is for paddlers with no or not a lot of experience in a solo canoe.

• How to sit and move in a solo
• General basics of strokes and maneuvers – how to move the boat
• Going straight

Canoeing is one of the most wonderful possibilities to waste time on the water. I was lucky enough to discover this in my youth while checking out rowboats, kayaks, sailing boats and canoes. Still active in most of these boats I like to spend time on rivers and lakes close by and far away in the middle of nowhere with friends or alone in a canoe. I’m a ACA – Touring und River Canoe instructor as well as trainer with the german canoeing and rowing associations.