{"id":243,"date":"2003-07-22T23:28:28","date_gmt":"2003-07-23T07:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/blogs\/?p=243"},"modified":"2003-07-22T23:28:28","modified_gmt":"2003-07-23T07:28:28","slug":"105894170883683834","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/105894170883683834\/","title":{"rendered":"105894170883683834"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"canoe.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Here is a list, with vivid descriptions, of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canoeinstructor.net\/canoe_strokes.htm\">35 canoe strokes.<\/a>  All your favourites are here, including the J-stroke, C-stroke, draw, pry and sweep.  But included are a whole bunch of specialized strokes like the slice, the thumb-up rudder, sculling draw, the high and low brace and the Cross Stationary Bow Draw (also known as a Duffek).  Each stroke comes with what amounts to a little three part poem about its execution, such as this one for the cross stationary bow draw:<\/p>\n<div>\n<strong>Cross Stationary Bow Draw <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Catch<\/em><br \/>\nRotate to the offside<br \/>\nFeather blade across the bow<\/p>\n<p><em>Power<\/em><br \/>\nPlant blade, with leading edge away from hull<br \/>\nShaft angle varies from about 45 degrees to<br \/>\nvertical with hands stacked,<br \/>\ndepending on desired effect and<br \/>\npressure on blade<\/p>\n<p><em>Recovery<\/em><br \/>\nSlice paddle out of the water to onside<br \/>\nOr slice forward and out and do bow draw<br \/>\nand cross forward stroke, this would<br \/>\nbe called a Duffek Maneuver\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dervala.net\/\">Dervala<\/a> mentioned in her comments that she has perfected her solo J-stroke.  I can tell you that once you have mastered that, it&#8217;s a skill you never forget, like riding a bike.  <\/p>\n<p>Stepping into a sleek cedar strip canoe on a misty morning with glassy black water beneath me is the best heart medicine there is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list, with vivid descriptions, of 35 canoe strokes. All your favourites are here, including the J-stroke, C-stroke, draw, pry and sweep. But included are a whole bunch of specialized strokes like the slice, the thumb-up rudder, sculling draw, the high and low brace and the Cross Stationary Bow Draw (also known as a Duffek). Each stroke comes with what amounts to a little three part poem about its execution, such as this one for the cross stationary bow draw: Cross Stationary Bow Draw Catch Rotate to the offside Feather blade across the bow Power Plant blade, with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piBp1-3V","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}