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Using the micro eddies : It is easy to just look at this as a way of avoiding rocks , but we can use these patches of slower water to our advantage in manoeuvring across the river . Many are taught to do a u-turn across a narrow current , so going eddy-current-eddy , but we can apply almost the reverse here going current-eddy-current in one smooth move . Photo 13 : with a little speed and angle
cutting into the eddy behind the rock , I am edging into the turn ( to the right ) because it is an eddy turn . Photo 14 : it is a fast turn , so a lot of edge . Photo 15 : the canoe fires straight out the other side of the eddy , so edging into the turn ( to the left ) and now off downstream again . Photo 16 : with very little ground lost or energy used , the canoe has made a big move across the river .
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