Talk:Paddle UK

Accuracy

Canoe is a generic name for a boat whose shape in plan-view is defined by two curved edges terminating in a point at each end.
vesica piscis A Kayak is an Inuit/Eskimo word that means "A boat of the men" that has been "Westernised" to mean a decked sit-inside canoe propelled by a double-bladed paddle. The International Canoe Federation refers to two types of Canoeing boat: Kayak type and Canadian type. International Canoe Federation.
There is local ambiguity in certain countries whose peoples refer to their local type of canoe as the Definitive Canoe.
John MacGregor (sportsman) Built a modified canoe and the modern sport of Canoeing was born in Europe. He sat inside a decked canoe and used double-bladed paddles. This pre-dated the main discovery of the Inuit/Eskimo Greenland Kayak. His work set up the Royal Canoe Club. In 1866, he published "A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe", which popularised the design and, more importantly, the concept: "in walking you are bounded by every sea and river, and in a common sailing-boat you are bounded by every shallow and shore; whereas, ...a canoe [can] be paddled or sailed, or hauled, or carried over land or water". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.96.159 (talk) 20:29, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Merge Proposal

See Talk:Welsh_Canoeing_Association for discussion. TheMoridian 08:15, 3 October 2008 (UTC)