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Paddle Your Own Canoe
Gary Mcguffin
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Description for Paddle Your Own Canoe
Paperback. Now available in paperback: the most comprehensive canoeing technique book available, designed for both beginner and seasoned canoeists and endorsed by both the American Canoe Assoc and the Canadian Recreational Canoe Assoc. Num Pages: 208 pages, 600 colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: WSSN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 279 x 14. Weight in Grams: 768.
This is the most comprehensive book on canoeing techniques ever published! Illustrated with 600 full-colour photographs, the wide-ranging text is designed for both beginner and seasoned canoeists. Gary & Joanie McGuffin, North America's most celebrated canoeing couple, discuss issues rarely covered in other how-to guides, such as developing fitness & balance. The book offers first-hand, experience-based instruction on outfitting, reading the river, paddling strokes for all flatwater and whitewater conditions, advanced turns and maneuvers, portaging, safety and rescue techniques - even how to tie a canoe on your vehicle.
This is the most comprehensive book on canoeing techniques ever published! Illustrated with 600 full-colour photographs, the wide-ranging text is designed for both beginner and seasoned canoeists. Gary & Joanie McGuffin, North America's most celebrated canoeing couple, discuss issues rarely covered in other how-to guides, such as developing fitness & balance. The book offers first-hand, experience-based instruction on outfitting, reading the river, paddling strokes for all flatwater and whitewater conditions, advanced turns and maneuvers, portaging, safety and rescue techniques - even how to tie a canoe on your vehicle.
Product Details
Publisher
Boston Mills Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
767g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781550463774
SKU
V9781550463774
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Gary Mcguffin
Gary and Joanie McGuffin are known worldwide for their expeditions as professional adventurers. They regularly publish feature articles in such magazines as Explore, Canoe and Kayak, River, and Photo Life. Their book, Superior: Journeys on an Inland Sea, received the Great Lakes Booksellers' Association Best Book Award.
Reviews for Paddle Your Own Canoe
The great thing about their advice is that it's entirely practical, based on long experience, and aimed at anyone who simply wants to improve canoeing techniques.
Linda Turk Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (06/29/2003) The most comprehensive book ever written on canoeing technique... essential guide for recreational paddlers is packed with information.
(09/01/2003) Helpful to both seasoned and novice canoers, the book ... Read more
Linda Turk Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (06/29/2003) The most comprehensive book ever written on canoeing technique... essential guide for recreational paddlers is packed with information.
(09/01/2003) Helpful to both seasoned and novice canoers, the book ... Read more