What were the earliest forms of canoes raced?
The first canoes used were generally converted fishing canoes. Canoes were of all manner of length and therefore weight, but of similar design. With such variance in canoes, the choice of canoe for racing was critical as canoes of this era were not built so much for speed, but more for practicality, being often heavy, ruggedly built, beamy and short by today standards with little attempt at streamlining.
