Overview

This comprehensive guide is perfect for those getting started and for those who want to build on their skills; it covers basic strokes and manoeuvres, lines, drills, rigging, loading and unloading, and carrying and transporting. There are sections on expedition planning, choosing and outfitting the canoe, water science, safety, navigations and environmental ethics which are complemented throughout with hundreds of colour photographs and illustrations.

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9780811711722

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"""NOLS new skills and techniques guide compiles expert advice for all types of canoeing...With the author's conversational writing style, readers are in good hands.""--Kaydi Pyette""Canoeroots"" (08/01/2014)"

NOLS new skills and techniques guide compiles expert advice for all types of canoeing...With the author's conversational writing style, readers are in good hands. --Kaydi Pyette Canoeroots (08/01/2014)

Author Information

Alexander Martin is a senior faculty member and program supervisor at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). He has been in and about open canoes since he was three years old and has canoed across North America and Europe. This is his first book.

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