single-bladed paddle

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• paddle — 1. noun a) A two handed, single bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat. We had a nice paddle this morning. b) A double bladed oar used for kayaking. The paddle practically ousted the British cane as the sp …   Wiktionary

• Canoe — A canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes usually are pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be covered. In its human… …   Wikipedia

• Outline of canoeing and kayaking — Kayakers view of Lake Coniston, Cumbria The following outline is provided as an overview of canoeing and kayaking: Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe. Open canoes may be poled (punted), sailed, lined and tracked …   Wikipedia

• Canoeing — A family in a canoe Whitewater kayak Can …   Wikipedia

• British Canoe Union — The British Canoe Union (BCU) is the National Governing Body for the sport of canoeing and kayaking in the UK, helping and inspiring people to go canoeing. It formulates standards for training programmes with certification levels and accredits… …   Wikipedia

• Kayaking — by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is defined by the International Canoe Federation (the world sanctioning body) as a boat where the paddler faces forward, has their legs in front of them, and… …   Wikipedia

• kay|ak — «KY ak», noun, verb. –n. 1. an Eskimo canoe made of animal skins stretched over a light frame of wood or bone, with an opening in the middle for a person: »They and their women built kayaks and from them the men speared fish and harpooned seal… …   Useful english dictionary

• Outrigger canoeing — Outrigger canoes. The canoe in the front right, with a narrower hull and smaller body, is a single person outrigger canoe, or OC1. The other canoes are six person outrigger canoes, or OC6. Outrigger canoeing is a sport in which an outrigger canoe …   Wikipedia

• Watercraft paddling — With regard to watercraft, paddling is the act of manually propelling or navigating a small boat using a blade that is joined to a shaft, known as paddle, in the water. The paddle is also used to steer the vessel and may either be a single blade… …   Wikipedia

• Kayak — A kayak is a small human powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck. It is propelled by a double bladed paddle in the hands of a sitting paddler. The kayak was used by the native Ainu, Aleut and Eskimo… …   Wikipedia

• Canoe racing — This article is about canoe sprint racing. Other forms of canoe and kayak racing, such as whitewater racing, extreme racing, dragon boat racing and outrigger canoe racing, are practised on white water and/or use quite different boats and paddles …   Wikipedia