まず初めに、大事な約束事があります
ライフジャケットはカヌーに乗っている間は絶対に脱がないこと
上陸して休憩している時は脱いでもOK。
パドルの持ち方
上のT字部分を「グリップ」と言います。手のひらで持ち、親指を下にしてぐっとつかみます。
もう片方でシャフトをつかみます。両手の間隔はだいたい自分の肩幅より少し広いくらい。
漕ぎ方
基本的には「前漕ぎ」と「後ろ漕ぎ」２つの漕ぎ方。まず、水をかく部分（ブレード）を自分よりも前から水中へいれ、後ろへ引くように漕ぐのが「前漕ぎ」。
First of all, there is an important rule.
You must keep wearing your life jacket while on a canoe. It is OK to take it off when you come on a shore and take a break.
How to hold a paddle
The T-shaped upper part is called “grip.” Hold it in the palm of your hand and grab it with your thumb underneath.
Hold the shaft with your other hand. The distance between your hands is about a little wider than your shoulder.
How to paddle a canoe
Basically there are two ways to paddle a canoe: “Forward paddle stroke” and “Backward paddle stroke.” First, move the rowing part (blade) of the paddle forward, put it in the water and pull the paddle back towards you, and this is called the “forward paddle stroke.”
ブレードを自分より後ろに差し入れて、前へ押すように漕ぐのを「後ろ漕ぎ」と言います
パドルをなるべく立てて漕ぐのがポイント。グリップを持つ手の甲がいつも目の前にくるように持つ。手の甲が横を向くと、ブレードは水を切るだけになってしまいます。
カヌーについて
カナディアンカヌーは前後左右の形が対称ですが、実は前と後ろが決まっています。
カヌーは手漕ぎボートと違って、向かい合って座りません。全員が前向きに座ります。だから、椅子の前が広い方が前になります。
It is called "row back" to insert the blade behind you and row as if you push it front.
The point is to row by making the paddles vertically as much as possible. Hold them as the back of your hands grabbing the grip always come in front of your eyes.
The blade only cuts water if the back of your hands face sides.
Canoe
Canadian canoe is symmetrical in the shape of front and back, right and left, however it actually has front and back.
You do not sit facing each other with canoe different from a rowing boat. Everyone sits facing front. Therefore, the front has a wider front seat.
座る位置
水面上では前後の座る位置は変えられません。バランスを崩して落ちる危険があります。
一番後ろは船長的な役割。船長の特権として、最初にパドルの漕ぎやすい方向を左右どちらか決められます。前の人は船長とは逆サイドを必ず漕ぎます。
カヌー特性
右サイドだけ漕ぐとカヌーは左に振れていく。左サイドだけ漕ぐと右サイドへ振れていく。前後二人がリズムを合わせて同時に漕ぐので、力の加減やリズムのバランスを合わせないと真っ直ぐに進むことができない。船長さんが前の人に合わせて、舵取りをする。
Position to sit
You cannot change the position of front and back on water. There is a risk you may fall from losing balance. The one at the very back plays a role of captain. As the privilege of captain, you can firstly decide the direction of right or left for paddles to row easily. The one on the front always rows at the opposite side from the captain.
Traits of canoe
To row only the right side directs the canoe to the left. To row only the left side directs the canoe to the right side. Unless the adjustment of power and balance of rhythm are in harmony, you cannot go straight as two persons on the front and back row in rhythm at the same time. The captain steers in tune with the person in front.
ターン技術
カヌーの特性によって、どちらか一人が漕げば進路を変えることはできるが、一人で漕ぐのは大変。しかし、二人が同じサイドを漕げば曲がると思うかもしれないが、これは重心が偏ってしまうためカヌーが傾き、横波が来たときに転覆の危険がある。スムーズに進路を変更するには、前漕ぎをしている二人のうち、曲がりたい方向にパドルを漕いでいる人だけが後ろ漕ぎをすると、二人で力を合わせてスムーズに曲がることができます。
Technique of turning
By characteristics of the canoe, if one person rows, he can change the direction, but it is difficult to row by one person. You might think that if 2 people row at the same side, they might be able to turn the canoe. However, as center of gravity stays at one side, the canoe might be capsized when transverse wave attacks since the canoe leans to one direction. To change the direction smoothly, if only a person who is rowing the paddle in the direction where he would like to turn among 2 people who are rowing in the direction of front rows in the direction of back, they can turn smoothly by working together.
