It seems to me that in the last few decades there has been a real upsurge in the kinds of boats that people use. It used to be you either had a canoe or a rowboat or maybe a small sailboat. Then kayaks started to become more common. Stand-up Paddle-boards are another new entry. Recently I am seeing these large team-paddled canoes, often with outriggers. Perhaps the Dragon Boat races have made this kind of activity more popular. I like to see that many of the new canoes and kayaks have outriggers. I have always been a bit wary of the kayak lesson on how to get your kayak upright when it has turned over. Turning over is a bad characteristic for a boat and I am never going to get into a boat that offers that opportunity. I suspect outriggers make this much less likely, sort of like training wheels on a bicycle.
I've never seen a canoe/kayak/scull with an outrigger like that.
ReplyDeleteI have seen one like that here. There are quite a number of rowing clubs in these parts.
ReplyDeleteThe water is like glass. I see paddleboards around here now too which isn't too swift now that there is a significant great white shark problem.
ReplyDeletePretty scenery.
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