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Rapid’s Annual Canoeing Magazine 2005 Contents


2005 Canoe Buyer’s Guide


30 How to Choose a Canoe


The basics of canoe design: hull dimensions, shapes, materials and all the trimmings. Everything you need to know to choose the right boat.


32 Recreational


Gunwale bobbing into an age of peace and global stability. Plus: 27 canoes for the cottage.


36 Sporting


Birding from a canoe and find- ing avian enlightenment. Plus: 19 means to a sporting end.


40 Solo Solitary refinement in northern Saskatchewan. Plus: 25 canoes for the independently-minded.


44 Whitewater


Chasing the last of the white- water down Ontario’s North French River. Plus: 21 rides to leave you dry and high.


48 Lakewater Take your parents on a trip. Show them why you loved camp. Plus: 29 lakewater tripping canoes.


52 Performance


Serge Corbin is a marathon paddler without peers. Plus: 12 hulls for people in a hurry.


56 Exotic


Paddling to an ancient song in a new dugout canoe. Plus: Models that don’t fit the moulds.


On the cover clockwise from top left, Henry Georgi, Scott MacGregor, Henry Georgi, Jon Boxall, Jacqueline Windh, James Smedley.


Photo this page, Jacqueline Windh 2005 Annual 1


61 Paddles Directory of North American paddle manufacturers.


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