Paddle Your Own Canoe

author: Gary McGuffin Joanie McGuffin asin: 1550463772 binding: Paperback list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $13.57 USD

The most comprehensive canoeing techniques book ever is now available for the first time in paperback.

Illustrated with 600 full-color photographs, this wide-ranging book is designed with both beginner and seasoned canoeists in mind. Gary & Joanie McGuffin, North America's most celebrated canoeing couple, discuss issues rarely covered in other how-to guides, such as developing fitness and 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.

Recommended by both the American Canoe Association and the Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association, Paddle Your Own Canoe features:

• Canoeist's vocabulary
  
• Selecting the right canoe
  
• Selecting the right paddle
  
• Portaging techniques
  
• Self-rescue techniques
  
• Solo whitewater spins
  
• Complete flatwater techniques
  
• Complete whitewater techniques