Workshop Solo Canoeing – Maneuvers

You started to paddle solo, and you want to do more. Your focus is to paddle little or larger rivers and take your stuff with you. But somehow the canoe is not always doing what you want, and you are still unsure at times. And – there is an obstacle (which you see pretty late) or the noise ahead indicates a waterfall (it might be just a tiny ledge, but..): what now? We will look in some maneuvers to get you (and your canoe) move more at ease.

Workshop is for paddlers with a bit experience in a solo canoe

• sideslips
• paddle backward …

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 and DKV – Touring und River Canoe instructor as well as trainer with the german canoeing and rowing associations.