Inflatable canoe
An inflatable canoe is an inflatable boat in the shape of a canoe and thus a special form of the inflatable boat . The dimensional stability is only created by the internal pressure. Hose canoes do not have a stabilizing rod.
Inflatable canoes come in two basic types. The variant with thick side walls and a defined boat interior is more common. The canoeist sits on benches that are hung between the side walls, or directly on the side walls. Depending on the manufacturer, these inflatable canoes have an air pressure of 0.2 or 0.3 bar. Hose canoes with drop stitch material, which can be inflated up to 0.68 bar, achieve a significantly higher air pressure. With drop-stitch air chambers, the inner walls of the chamber are interwoven with textile threads that enable such a high air pressure.
The variant with a large main chamber over the entire length of the boat and laterally attached smaller support hoses, which stabilize the hose canoe like a boom, is rarer. The canoeist sits astride the main chamber, any luggage can be stowed in a luggage compartment in the main chamber on various boats. This variant inflatable canoe is the equivalent of sit-on-top - canoes at the festival boats.
The advantage of tubular canoes is their small packing volume. It is even smaller than that of the folding canoe because the linkage is no longer necessary. This also significantly simplifies the assembly and disassembly of the hose canoe. These advantages are also often used on expeditions, and inflatable canoes suitable for expeditions are very robust.
The disadvantages of inflatable canoes are their inertia and susceptibility to wind and the unfavorable ratio of boat size to storage space. Due to the width of the tube, the paddle can not be carried out close to the body when paddling .
Well-known manufacturers of inflatable canoes are z. B. Big Pack, Chaff, Grabner and Gumotex.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inflatable canoes. In: Paddleventure.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .