![]() The usual reference is to "throw" or "hang" a brace.īRIDLE. A line looped around the front end of the canoe to which another is attached under the canoe and used for towing the craft.īROACH. Broadside to any obstacle-wind, waves, current, or rocks usually the prelude to an upstream capsize. One of the most effective is an old plastic bottle with the bottom cut off.īEAM. Width of a canoe when measured at its widest point.īEAM ENDS. A canoe tipped on its side is said to be "on her beam ends."īEAR OFF. To push off from an obstruction or an object.īEARING. A direction with respect to either a compass point, such as north, or to the craft.īEAVER TAIL PADDLE. A paddle with a narrow blade.īENT SHAFT PADDLE. Paddles with the blade at an angle to the shaft for greater efficiency in canoeing flat water.īERRY BREAK. What happens when you pass bushes loaded with delicious berries on a long, hot, difficult portage.īILGE. When a hull is cut in a cross section, the bilge is the point of maximum curvature between the bottom and the side of the canoe below the waterline.īILGE KEEL. Two additional keels, one on each side of the main keel, that protect canvas-covered canoes.īLADDER. An air bag inside a kayak which adds to the buoyancy of the craft in the event of a capsize.īOIL. Where current foams upward when it is deflected by obstructions under the water.īOTTOM. The part of the canoe that is under the water.īOW. The front or extreme forward end of the canoe.īOW-PADDLER, BOWMAN, BOW PERSON. The person who paddles in the bow.īOW PLATE. Another term for the stem band.īOW SEAT. The seat located at the front end of a canoe.īRACE. A stroke used somewhat like an outrigger to stabilize a canoe. ![]() East, for example, is an azimuth of 90 degrees.īACK FERRY. Paddling the canoe backward at an angle to the current when crossing a stream laterally.īACKCOUNTRY. Distant wilderness invaded by those with a sense of adventure.īACKPADDLE. Paddling backward to slow or reverse the forward motion of a canoe.īAIL. To empty water from a craft by scooping it out with anything from a sponge to a tin can.īAILER. Anything used to bail out a canoe. When using a compass, the direction in degrees. ![]() Not stuck on a rock or sandbar.ĪFT. Toward the rear, or stern, of the canoe.ĪGROUND. Stuck-usually on a shoal or rock-when you didn't intend to be.ĪHEAD. Forward-as in the nautical phrase "Full speed ahead."ĪIR LOCK. The pressure of air that holds water inside an overturned canoe if you attempt to lift it straight up.ĪLONGSIDE. "Hey, bring your canoe up alongside this rock."ĪNCHOR, SEA. Your largest kettle tied to the end of a 20-foot rope and tossed over the stern when you are being driven by a heavy tail wind in a running sea.ĪNKLE DEEP. The water level when you get out of the canoe to haul it across a sand bar.ĪSTERN. Toward the rear, behind, or in back of your canoe.ĪZIMUTH. The angle of horizontal deviation from north. Herbert Gordon.ĪBEAM. To the right, or at right angles to the center of a craft.ĪCCESS or ACCESS POINT. The place on the shore of a lake or river where you put in or take out.ĪCTIVE BLADE. When using a double, or kayak, blade, that blade which is in the water at any given time.ĪFLOAT. Floating. ![]() Learn the full glossary of canoe terminology in this excerpt from The Complete Book of Canoeing by I.
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