• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Why go sideways? Just paddle where you’re going to then draw or feather stroke… Docking with an offshore breeze or something maybe?

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      4 days ago

      I have used it only to get closer to another canoe or for docking and undocking. More often the first one

    • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      At a hypothetical canoe-focused trading port? Like for an rpg setting or something. In fact, the Spanish conquistadores mention that much of Mexico City ran on a canal system, not dissimilar from Venice. So I imagine precision and control would be valued skills