Introduction to Paddling: Canoeing Basics for Lakes and Rivers

This is a concise, but well-done book on paddling. It includes both basic and some more difficult paddling strokes. It includes other aspects of paddling, such as car-topping. I bought 12 of them, to give to my summer camp canoeists.

Basic guide. Not very long. Good illustrations. I am hoping to get a canoe and this is a good start. I'm impressed with the detail in this short book.

The American Canoe Association's Introduction to Paddling, canoeing basics for lakes and rivers, is a short and clear introduction to canoeing. It describes the canoe and related equipment, how to use same, and several cautionary thoughts.The strokes described are few and clear, and river maneuvers and safety considerations are clearly laid out.A fine introductory handbook for any novice canoeist, and probably all that is needed for thye casual paddler

I am giving this book to a young fellow interested in kayaking and canoeing.

I'm not sure what happened here. There is no content, just questions that look to be about each unit. Maybe it's meant to be a supplement to the actual book to photocopy for class tests, but it's basically useless as a source of information on canoeing.

Exactly what I wanted

Great for helping teach my daughter how to paddle the canoe.

In the 26 pages (between Foreword and Glossary) there is an awful lot of good explanation on canoe basics, complemented with many and clear drawings. As a novice in canoeing, I learned a lot more than one could expect from such a thin book. Some techniques like re-entering-the-canoe-in-deep-water and boat-over-boat rescue technique seem better explained here than they are in some thicker books. (I write "seem" as I haven't tried yet at the time of writing this :-) ).It should be noted that this is -as the title says- a basic introduction book; the book has all the information you need to get started. It will enable you to row and control a lot better than the average newbee in a rental canoe, but that is about how far it goes.

Some good information for the person starting canoeing but not so much a book as such as it’s only a few pages.

カヌーの装備や構造、漕艇法などを簡潔にまとめてあります。ただし講習会向けテキストの性格が強く、ビギナーの方がインストラクターやベテランさんと一緒に読み合わせて設問に書き込むような使い方をするのに最適です。オープンデッキカヌー、いわゆるカナディアンカヌーのレスキュー法にも触れてあるのは好印象です。

Eine tolle Zusammenfassung des Wesentlichen. Zusätzlich auch ein gutes Glossary. Paddel lernt man auf dem Wasser, aber dieser Leitfaden sollte bei keiner Kanuschulung fehlen.

Good book covers the basics.