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All about canoes
by canos avontur
http://www.canoesadventure.com
A canoe is a small and lightweight boat that is pointed at
both ends and propelled with paddles. The number of paddles
and paddlers depends on the size of canoe. The paddlers
either can sit on supports or kneeling on the frame of
canoes. These canoes are used for various types of
activities such as birding, fishing, photography, camping
and river rafting. There are mainly three types of canoes:
Versatile canoes - Canoes of this sort are designed to be
used in calm lakes and whitewater. They are easy to
manoeuvre and bigger than those recreational canoes.
Canoe camping trips are best done on versatile canoes.
Versatile canoes - These canoes are made for calm lakes to
whitewater. With their great design they offer great
maneuverability and more capacity than recreational boats.
These boats are ideal for canoe camping trips.
There are different kinds of styles of canoes. The
materials they are made of are of different quality. One
chooses one type of canoe or another depending on what
one wants to do with it. They are mainly made of four
different materials.
Canoes are made up of various types of sizes and material.
It mainly depends on the need and activities of the person,
which type of canoe he wants to choose. The canoes are made
up of four basic materials. Wood, aluminum, plastic and
fiber. Some materials are more suited to certain types of
designs. The choice of canoes material effects the
performance, weight, impact, efficiency and price.
Wood canoes
Canoes in the past were mainly built of wood. They were
made of birchbark, dugout, cedar-plank sided, and other
kinds of wood. Those canoes of present day are made of
different types of wood. Today they are mainly made of
cedar strip and wood canvas. Glued strips of cedar wood
and a wooden framed hull are used to build cedar strip
canoes. By using wood to make these canoes, one is
allowed to construct complex hull shapes. That is why a
canoe can deliver enhanced performance. These canoes
are really heavier than those made of other materials.
They also require more maintenance than other canoes.
Aluminium canoes
These canoes are cheap and inexpensive due to the low cost
of aluminum. These canoes are a bit heavy however and
their ends cannot be streamlined. Aluminum canoes also
get stuck on rocks alot and get dents. Once an Aluminum
canoe is dented its there forever. Aluminum canoes also
need maintenance and care.
Plastic canoes
Plastic canoes are more slippery than the aluminum canoes
but they are not very stiff as compared to other materials.
It means they are not able to hold complex shapes, nor they
can be formed into fine entry lines. It has certain design
limits too. Plastic can not be molded to make complex
shapes and their fine streamlined entry line cannot be made
out of plastic. This reduces their efficiency at higher
speed in comparison to wood and fiberglass canoes.
Fiber Canoes
These canoes are resistant to damage from rocks and
they are very strong as well. They also resist extreme
temperatures. When they get any damage, fiber canoes
are very easy to fix. They are perfect for rough whitewater
rafting and little maintenance is needed.
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