Kneeling and Heeling: A Secret Weapon for Paddling Your Canoe

While not for everyone, kneeling in a canoe is a great way to reduce pressure on your lower back and open up your hips while also increasing stability. This helps to increase your ability to heel the canoe over which has multiple benefits for both manoeuvrability and tracking when paddling a canoe solo.

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Swift Prospector 16 w/kneeling thwart - https://paddleportagecanoes.com.au/co...

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Paddlers: Travis Frenay and Daniel Rice

Chapters:
0:00 Kneeling and its benefits
1:07 How to make kneeling more comfortable
2:29 What is heeling the canoe?
2:44 The benefits of heeling your canoe