Small boats depending on the type have different advantages and disadvantages. They are usually intended for swimming under certain conditions. Therefore, they should not be used in conditions, to which they are not adapted. Some boats, such as traditional CORACLE, They are only suitable for peaceful, slow -flowing waters, other – like modern pontoons, can be used in conditions, in which most of the boats would be useless.
Boat with engine
A flat -bottomed engine -powered boat is great for swimming wide, not very rawing rivers. Such a boat can be stayed for long distances.
The engine placed on the side loads the stern. Therefore, when the screw is embedded in water, and the boat is long and narrow, There must be a ballast for balance.
The engine reduces the boat displacement slightly.
Pontoons
Modern pontoons are perfect even in difficult sea conditions. They are eager to use researchers and travelers. Pontoons maintain control even on a turbulent sea, flooded by waves. However, the ice and other obstacles floating on the surface can be perforated by the flat chambers of the pontoon. When swimming with a pontoon driven with an engine, you need to load its beak, so that he would not rise too high, because it threatens with a dump truck, especially when banging for waves.
Coracle
You have to be able to do this boat; It consists of a wicker frame intertwined into a semicircular bowl and an animal leather or tarpaulin. The boat of this type is suitable for swimming only after very calm waters, shielded from the wind.
Kajak
Traditional Eskimo kayak turned out to be the best type of boat for tourist trips. Extremely durable, The most modern sports mountain kayaks are built according to the Eskima original. Kayaks covered with impregnated canvas with leather are not as durable as made of fiberglass, But much lighter. So you can move them through difficult to travel thresholds and Bystrzyny. Rowing and kayak control, which is unloaded with luggage or thrown by strong currents of the mountain stream, requires high dexterity. A kayak without a kila can easily fall out.
Practical tips
■ Always wear a life jacket on board, And when you don't have it, Puppet empty bottles in your pockets.
■ secure each element of the equipment by tieing it with a rope to the sides, mast or deck.
■ Do not overload the boat.
■ Do a reconnaissance along the river, which you intend to flow, Before you take a raft or boat.
■ If you use the engine, Speed the boat, until it starts to glue flat on the surface of the water, Then release the speed, so that the beak would not rise too much.
A paddle of four sticks
1 Take a long time, strong stick, Cut the green shoots and knots with a knife. Exacerbate it in an elongated wedge.
2 Tie two shorter poles on the sides of the tightened end. They will be poverts.
3 Third short stick press in the break between two side, Until it suits the cut in a long stick. Everything tie everything.
Ready paddle
When swimming, a ready paddle may require re -binding, because the soaked string often relaxes.
