Canoeing: The Essential Skills and Safety

Learn to paddle your canoe comfortably, efficiently and safely!

Canoeing is for all levels of paddlers, providing beginners with the skills they need to maneuver a canoe effectively on flat water, and offering more experienced paddlers expert advice on how to hon their skills.

Whether you enjoy small day trips around local lakes and slow-moving rivers, overnight trips, or expeditions, Andrew Westwood's thoughtful and clear breakdown of canoeing principles, skills, and techniques make this book a must-have for solo and tandem paddlers who are interested in maximizing their enjoyment of the canoe.

You'll learn about:

• The equipment and how to choose it


• Essential strokes and techniques


• Offside and advanced strokes


• How to paddle tandem and solo


• Capsize recovery methods and safety issues