2. Preparation
Choose a brightly coloured pfd. It should be snug, yet
allow room for movement.
• Check the label to be sure your pfd has been approved
by transport Canada or the Coast Guard.
6. Grip
Hold the ‘grip’ of the paddle firmly with your top
hand.
7. Grip
With your other hand, hold the ‘throat’ down near the
blade of the paddle. A lower grip will give you more
leverage.
8. The stroke
Reach forward with both hands, putting your paddle
deep into the water. The entire blade of the paddle
should be submerged.
9. The Stroke
Pull back parallel to the canoe. When the paddle is
in line with your body, this is the deepest point of the
stroke.
10. The Stroke
Keep pulling the paddle until the blade is behind you
and your lower arm is fully extended.
11. The Stroke
After reaching the end of your stroke,
Lift your paddle out of the water
Twist both hands until the blade is parallel to the water
Reach forward and Repeat.
Editor's Notes
Note. Image with me in them were taken by Allison and images of paddles etc were taken by me. Images were colour corrected and cropped by me. Although this is meant to be a consideration of image… blah blah blah…Note also – removed the big moon title screen from this template. In font explanation – note also evidence for light on dark being more legible than dark on light…
Trim the Buoy oh Buoy label and add a circle/arrowOriginally had label on right. Realised that readers read right to left and the text, rather than image was dominating. Alternating made a big difference.
Rotate these!Insert paddle parts! Label…
Find DEGREE symbol to add after 90Crop the top of this image.
Crop image – add arrow to highlight left hand.
Crop this.Annotate the image.Added arrows, then removed them because of interference. Hopefully readers are clever enough to link the words to the content in the image.