Friday, March 15, 2013

The Records Of Wooden Canoe Plans And Its History

By Dolores Harrison


There is no exact record that tells people when canoeing exactly started. Despite that wooden canoe plans have always been a part of history for many years. As an evidence, professional diggers were able to find a canoe and its remains affirming their existence for 8000 years ago. Try to find out more details about them as you read the text below.

At the moment, riding canoes is considered a sport. However, in the past their main function was to provide transportation. The very first ones that were used by a group of indigenous people from the Caribbean when they traveled between the islands.

For the past few centuries, a lot of changes have taken place in the form of canoes. In the past, they were usually made from logs. Missionaries, trappers, explorers and Native Americans created ones from birch back. They utilized them for bringing along heavy cargo as they traveled against difficult conditions in rivers with fast currents, open lakes and quite waters.

When the Europeans explored North America, they were able to find a canoe and began using them. They were somehow amazed on how the advanced the engineering skills that Native Americans possessed in designing sophisticated canoes. They did not use hollowed out logs in making them. Instead, they constructed with multiple layers of wood that were held together using glue taken from trees.

In 1603, an explorer whose name was Samuel de Champlain was responsible for writing down the details of canoes. According to what he wrote, the boats before measured up to 23 feet and had the ability to hold on a thousand pounds of contents. Additionally, he wrote that the race that began trading furs and discovered Canada and America were the French.

At present, many hobbyists have taken a lot of interest in canoeing. The ones that are used today are different from the ones in the past. They are now constructed using a variety of colors, sizes and materials. Despite that, the purpose of these boats stay the same and that is to prevent people from getting wet.

If you have a plan to try out canoeing, then it would be best to learn the ones that exist today. They are mostly built using aluminum, fiberglass and wood. Inflatable and canoes that can be folded built from hapalon and PVC are also being sold in the market.

They were usually constructed between 11 to 30 feet long. Small kinds are usually 11 to 15 feet and are typically used by children and single paddlers. The bigger kinds are usually from 16 to 18 feet long and are used as guide boats by single and tandem paddlers. They can usually accommodate one to four people. The biggest canoes are used for carrying cargo and commercial fishing.

If you are after stability, boats with flat and wide bottoms is the excellent choice. Meanwhile, according to canoe experts, the best one are those having long lifts. However, if you are after speedy types, then choose a wooden canoe plans having a slight curve that makes paddling less difficult to do.




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