Knack Kayaking for Everyone

Selecting Gear, Learning Strokes, and Planning Trips

Bill Burnham, Mary Burnham

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9780762762583
• Year: 2010

Knack Kayaking for Everyone is the most visually driven and yet informative guide to every aspect of an aquatic sport whose popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. The first chapters comprise an idea-packed buying guide to kayak design, kayak features, accessories, and gear. The book then presents step-by-step information on transporting, launching and landing, basic and advanced strokes, techniques, navigation, rescues, and expedition planning. In addition, it fully explores recreational (flatwater) kayaking, whitewater kayaking, and sea kayaking, providing instructions for each. Ideas for fun and games and special paddlers (children, the elderly, the handicapped) are also included, as are chapters on weather and first aid.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Kayak Design
• Chapter 2: Kayak Features
• Chapter 3: Clothing
• Chapter 4: Accessories
• Chapter 5: Additional Gear
• Chapter 6: Transporting
• Chapter 7: Launching & Landing
• Chapter 8: Basic Strokes
• Chapter 9: Flatwater Maneuvers
• Chapter 10: Whitewater Maneuvers
• Chapter 11: Rescues
• Chapter 12: Rolling
• Chapter 13: First Aid
• Chapter 14: Navigation
• Chapter 15: Weather & Water
• Chapter 16: Special Paddlers
• Chapter 17: Fun & Games
• Chapter 18: Expedition Planning
• Chapter 19: Care & Repair
• Chapter 20: Resources
• Glossary
• Photo Credits