Canadian

This article is concerned with Canadian as . For the citizens of the country larger distances with much luggage. There in the origin area Canadier become as designates.

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Traditional use

Kanuwandern auf der Sieg Bild von Harpoon Boats
Kanuwandern on the victory
Picture of Harpoon Boats
Excerpt from the current folding sheet of the German Kanu federation e.V. "information for new Kanuten": ... Canadier originate from North America from the there Indians to transport, to the hunt and to fishing used. Canadier are driven sitting or kneeling with a stechpaddel. The today's Wandercanadier is suitable outstanding for longer routes on lakes or calm rivers, with luggage and with several persons. Therefore they are used gladly by families "...

Further information for this finds you on the InterNet side of the German Kanu federation and the Federal association Kanutouristik [ 1 ]

Canadier became of that for the travel on rivers and lakes of North America develops. They can take up large loads, and support so the nomadische way of life of their inventors.
Kanadier auf der Sieg Bild von Harpoon Boats
Canadian on the victory
Picture of Harpoon Boats
At the same time Canadier are easily built, in order to permit a going around from currentfast or other obstacles to.

Canadier are characterised by a small depth; thereby the boat is very agile and can drive on also flat waters. A high Kentersicherheit is often reached by a broad building method in the boat center.

Classical Canadier of the natives of North America was in up to 10 m on the way. This large Canadier served also for the transport of goods and animals. Reisecanadier could be even gesegelt.

Canadier become in kneeling position also forward moves. The today's spare time move Canadier becomes frequently also sitting .

The classical Canadier is upward open .

Divide a Canadiers

  3. Trunk
  4. Seat
  5. Cross-beam (a horizontal cross beam at the upper end of the trunk)
  6. Suell
  7. Float prevents that the Canadier goes down after a Kenterung.

Some Canadier, have stretcher yoke to the Umtragen.

Canadier in the Kanurennsport

The Canadier in Kanurennsport are light and only with difficulty controllable sport devices. A one (c1) is 5,20m long and offers straight evenly place over in it ' kneels '. The typical attitude in the boat is a position, with which the front leg is placed into the boat and gekniet with the rear in the boat. The boat is propelled on only one side with a stechpaddel. One steers by the Ankanten of the boat and through Tax impacts. In two (C2) and Vierer (C4) paddles usually per half of the sportsmen per boat on the one, and/or. other side. Here the so-called of ' Russian two ' forms a special case, with that both sportsmen on the same side paddles. By the knee position a page overflow of the paddle is not possible. The Canadiersport usually exercised by men, only in America gives it a small, but increasing group at active women in this sport. One sees the way of writing "Canadier" with sportsmen in the wrong acceptance, of it is often derived the abbreviation; this actually comes however from engl. Canoe, as this discipline is simply called there.

Olympic discipline

The Canadier is also sport equipment in Kanurennsport, Kanuslalom and that Game water departure. The two first mentioned disciplines are olympic. In the year 1920 the German Kanutag decided a categorization of the kanus in Kajaks and Canadier. These designations are today valid until. In this discipline no women go to the start, since she is reserved at the today's time only the men.

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