Video: The Canoe Girls Of Ngaruawahia Ahem! (1931)

[Glenn MacGrady]

Bet you've never paddled long dugout canoes over wood hurdles in New Zealand or even seen the competitions of 100 years ago. Are they still being held? Don't know.

Here is a short video of some girls trying to paddle over the hurdle as the men do. Most of us can identify with the general idea of this competition from our experiences with beaver dams and downed logs across streams we've paddled.

 

[stevet]

Cool looking canoes! They appear fairly stable even while appearing relatively round bottomed.

 

[snapper]

Not sure where you find all these interesting tidbits that you post Glenn but I'm sure glad that you do!

Until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[Nick Pending]

Wouldn't work well with the Kootenay sturgeon-nosed canoe described by Adney in his "Bark Canoes and Skin Boats..." < HUGE GRIN >

 

[Benson Gray]

Wouldn't work well with the Kootenay sturgeon-nosed canoe described by Adney in his "Bark Canoes and Skin Boats..." < HUGE GRIN >

You might be able to make it work with a serious lean. The link below has a modern interpretation of this design.

Benson

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[Nick Pending]

You might be able to make it work with a serious lean. The link below has a modern interpretation of this design.

Benson

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Thanks Benson.

Might be able to lean it far enough over to get the stem on top of the log to go over, but it would be dicey, as well as getting the hull back upright to finish the slide over. Shouldn't have to lean to come off the log if the try was successful. Hard on bark and the minimal planking and ribbing used in that traditional design, works better for stiff dugouts. The normal slight hogging of that hull shape would increase the difficulty of getting the bow to clear the log.