List of boat classes in canoeing

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In canoeing , a basic distinction is made between the boat classes kayak and canoe . While there are very different boat sizes in recreational canoeing with up to four paddlers in kayaks and up to ten paddlers in canoes, only certain boat classes are used in competitive sports, for which there are separate building regulations in each canoeing discipline.

Recreational sports

Canoe racing

Canoe slalom

White water racing

Canoe polo

Dragon boat

  • European standard dragon boat (20 paddlers)
  • Mini dragon boat (10 paddlers) *
  • Hong Kong Dragon Boat *
  • Chinese dragon boat *

Canoe freestyle

Canoe marathon

Canoeing

Outrigger canoe

(English Outrigger Canoe (OC) / French: pirogue)

  • OC1 (each with or without rudder)
  • OC2 (each with or without rudder)
  • OC3
  • OC4
  • OC6
  • 12 and 16 (Tauati - two connected 6/8 - rare)

In Europe, the OC1, OC2 and OC6 are common competition boats

Canoe all-around competition / quadrathlon

See also

* These boat classes are no longer used in official championships.