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It's absolutely not regional and coming from the country that invented both I can tell you that there is no mystery that I've ever heard of, a canoe is open, a Kayak is sealed over the top and optionally around the person running it with a form fitting waterproof "skirt" that seals the water completely out of the inside of the kayak even if you do a roll over. A canoe is suitable for very mild conditions only with low waves, a kayak can go just about anywhere that you can physically paddle it and keep moving. A kayak always uses a single paddle with blades at both ends for alternating strokes, a canoe uses a paddle with a single blade at one end which you can alternate or do what is known as a "J" stroke so that you can paddle on one side only but go straight. I've owned and used both and a kayak versus a canoe is like a sportscar versus a minivan. You fly in a kayak, but a canoe is better for carrying "stuff" in like fishing gear, camping equipment etc. You can load a *lot* of stuff in a canoe.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
John, I don't think you know as much as you profess to about the difference between a kayak and a canoe. The major difference is that kayak is a five letter palidrome, while canoe isn't. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
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John, I don't think you know as much as you profess to about the difference between a kayak and a canoe. The major difference is that kayak is a five letter palidrome, while canoe isn't. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
Ahh..that's where your wrong oddly enough -- if I were to pull my pants down you would see that tatooed on my left cheek is the exact phrase: ""Kayak" is a five letter palindrome..." whilst on my right cheek can be observed the phrase: "..."Canoe" is not". (Yes, the N is bold, I anticipated that many would mis-spell "palindrome" and wanted it to serve as a reminder)
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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John Cardinal wrote: and coming from the country that invented both I believe the canoe is considered co-invented as the canoe style boats were invented in many countries and it is unclear if they were transferred via trade or simply invented in parallel. Since it is a fairly simple design, the dugout canoe originated in many parts of the world with no clear origin, the planked canoe design came with civilization long after the first canoes. The kayak is specific to North America, specifically the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland. With an official qualifying originator people as the Inuit. I was just reading a bit from the canoe association of america, and there is a "slalom canoe" has a spraydeck like a kayak, but is still considered a canoe. And to make matters worse, canoe polo is played exclusively with kayaks. :laugh: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote: And to make matters worse, canoe polo is played exclusively with kayaks And to really throw spanner in the works of watercraft definition I have a kayak (and yes it really is a kayak) with no enclosing deck (it's a sit-on-top) no paddle (well an optional paddle - but it's primary power source is flippers operated by peddals ) ... Hobie Mirage Outback SUV[^] ...and if I'm feeling really lazy, and there's a decent breeze I can rig a sail.[^] Check out one of the Mirage sailing videos: lo-res (0.7mb)[^] medium res(2mb)[^] hi-res(7mb)[^] ( but my favorite feature is the cup-holders ;) ) Steve T -- modified at 18:48 Monday 29th August, 2005