I was watching the new BBC thing Rivers, and in all the programs he seems to change boats a lot. Also he seem to go, too dangerous to use my canoes now in every program.
So this got me thinking, if I was building a Canadian Canoe I would be tempted to make locking bulkheads, so you could moor up to go into towns/villages, without having to take everything with you.
If you can sea canoe, how can any river get too dangerous, short of the obvous waterfall?
Also they talked about almost all British/Welsh rivers being unnavigable for legal reasons, never heard of this before. I have heard of not getting out of the boat just anywhere, because the land is private, is that what they are going on about? People have navigated the Seven, so how can any of it be off limits?
Anyway, the main question what would the idea one/two person craft actually be? I get that a canadian canoe is going to be high on the list, but would something more like the three men in a boat style, or more of a sailing dingy be better. Would a catamaran style canoe be better, because of white water risks, and general stability?
Bit of a duff program to be honest but so far the scenery is amazing, and makes you want to go buy one, and get out there using it.
So this got me thinking, if I was building a Canadian Canoe I would be tempted to make locking bulkheads, so you could moor up to go into towns/villages, without having to take everything with you.
If you can sea canoe, how can any river get too dangerous, short of the obvous waterfall?
Also they talked about almost all British/Welsh rivers being unnavigable for legal reasons, never heard of this before. I have heard of not getting out of the boat just anywhere, because the land is private, is that what they are going on about? People have navigated the Seven, so how can any of it be off limits?
Anyway, the main question what would the idea one/two person craft actually be? I get that a canadian canoe is going to be high on the list, but would something more like the three men in a boat style, or more of a sailing dingy be better. Would a catamaran style canoe be better, because of white water risks, and general stability?
Bit of a duff program to be honest but so far the scenery is amazing, and makes you want to go buy one, and get out there using it.