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Evening kayaking on a creek (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by remi_pan to c/kayaking

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In french, we call this kind of start where you jump in the river "embarquement à l'américaine"... I wonder how you call this in english ?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Seal launch

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm not a kayaker, but I'm casual American English I've never heard a term for this

[–] Naz 2 points 3 days ago

"Kayak launch"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I haven't heard of a term for that en anglais, but I would call it "scooting in" ou simply just "launching."

[–] litchralee 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

"running start" would be the closest thing I could think of in American English, but it's not a perfect match. As it pertains to kayaking, a "running start" would be understood as some sort of momentum transfer while simultaneously hopping into the kayak.

But still, that definition is what a typical American would imagine if you said "kayak running start". So perhaps not totally identical to what I think you're describing.