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Raingutter Regatta, Kayaks, Canoes, Rowboats, and More · I Hate Talking

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  I Hate Talking: Welcome to episode 85 of I Hate Talking.
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  I Hate Talking: Hi everyone.
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  I Hate Talking: Yeah, definitely.
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  I Hate Talking: But be nice too.
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  I Hate Talking: You can help us.
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  I Hate Talking: What is it?
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  I Hate Talking: Constructive criticism, kind, constructive criticism.
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  I Hate Talking: There you go.
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  I Hate Talking: Or just outright praise and no criticism at all.
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  I Hate Talking: -- I -- like that better.
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  I Hate Talking: That's true.
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  I Hate Talking: So, a particular word or phrase of the episode is regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: Oh, OK.
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  I Hate Talking: So if you were paying attention, I guess an episode or two ago, I think just this past episode, we were talking about how I was giving some instructions for a quote unquote construction project to Cub Scouts and use the phrase that I was waiting on 6 or 7 of them while we were trying to quiet down so that they could receive the instructions for the construction project.
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  I Hate Talking: And that did not help with the quieting down at all.
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  I Hate Talking: Yeah, that made you more popular with the kids, but it just rowdy, made them more rowdy.
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  I Hate Talking: Yes, it certainly did.
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  I Hate Talking: But nonetheless, we were able to eventually get everyone's attention and move on to that particular construction project, and that construction project was a sailboat for the rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: OK, yeah.
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  I Hate Talking: So the rain gutter regatta is one of the quintessential Cub Scout races.
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  I Hate Talking: So I think most people are familiar with the Pinewood Derby, where scouts will construct a car out of a block of wood and provided wheels and axles and then races on a track based on the car receiving its power from gravity.
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  I Hate Talking: Yeah, that's always, I think that's what most people think of when they think of Cub Scouts, and that is probably the biggest event, right, of the year.
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  I Hate Talking: I think it's the biggest overall event across all packs.
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  I Hate Talking: Not necessarily the biggest event that we do at our PAC.
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  I Hate Talking: Or maybe it is.
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  I Hate Talking: I don't know.
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  I Hate Talking: I think it is.
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  I Hate Talking: You don't think so?
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  I Hate Talking: We, we do a lot of events.
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  I Hate Talking: So it is one of the big ones for sure.
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  I Hate Talking: So the other race, and actually there used to be even a third race, which has been discontinued, is the Space derby where, yes, the rockets that would be powered by wind power by having a fan that is powered by a rubber band that is twisted.
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  I Hate Talking: Many times over, and then that powers the fan and it races along a fishing line, essentially.
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  I Hate Talking: Space derby was that one, but that has been since discontinued.
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  I Hate Talking: It was probably a good decision to discontinue that.
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  I Hate Talking: It was a lot of trouble with the rubber bands, either breaking or not having consistent power between the variety of scouts that were racing these particular things that they were built.
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  I Hate Talking: Oh, OK.
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  I Hate Talking: But the one that we're talking about in this episode is the rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: So also wind powered, but actually wind powered based on the breath of the scout powering a sailboat.
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  I Hate Talking: With a straw As the sailboat sits in a quote unquote rain gutter.
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  I Hate Talking: Now, with technology in this day and age, it's actually an inflatable racecourse that is filled with water, not necessarily a rain gutter per se, but that is how it came about originally.
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  I Hate Talking: Right, like ours is like a long, narrow, almost swimming pool, right?
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  I Hate Talking: Like very shallow swimming pool kind of thing.
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  I Hate Talking: Yes, two lanes separated by an additional inflated section.
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  I Hate Talking: But yes, similar to an air mattress, but with To troughs for the water.
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  I Hate Talking: That is like a little mini swimming pool.
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  I Hate Talking: And then this event is called the rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: So, I don't know if I've ever encountered rain gutter regatta or that word singularly, regatta anywhere else besides the rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: Have you?
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  I Hate Talking: Let me think I can't think of one off the top of my head.
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  I Hate Talking: I feel like I have.
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  I Hate Talking: But I can't think of any, so maybe not.
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  I Hate Talking: I feel like, is it, OK, I might be totally out to lunch on my guess.
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  I Hate Talking: When I think of a regatta, if someone said there's a regatta, I would think of, like, almost like another term for racing.
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  I Hate Talking: Yes, I'm familiar with the word.
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  I Hate Talking: I've certainly encountered it as part of my vocabulary over the years, but Can't particularly place anywhere that that has been used on a consistent frequent basis besides the Cub Scouts rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: So what does it mean?
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  I Hate Talking: So the definition, according to our favorite Oxford language dictionary for the word regatta is quote, a sporting event consisting of a series of boat or yacht races, end quote.
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  I Hate Talking: OK.
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  I Hate Talking: So it is specifically and exclusively used for a boat race.
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  I Hate Talking: OK.
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  I Hate Talking: So, you would not have a pinewood regatta or a space regatta or a rocket regatta, cause those are not boats.
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  I Hate Talking: OK, and which just makes sense why we don't use it that often in our lives because we don't have large bodies of water really around and we're not boat people necessarily.
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  I Hate Talking: That's true, not yet.
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  I Hate Talking: So the origin of the word regatta is strictly from Italian.
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  I Hate Talking: So no Greek or Latin roots for this particular word or phrase of the episode comes exclusively from Italian, and the word is in Italian regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: OK, yeah, and that was originally used in the 17th century.
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  I Hate Talking: To mean a fight or a contest.
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  I Hate Talking: And then in the same century, 17th century, that came to mean the boat racing, specifically in the Venetian dialect.
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  I Hate Talking: Which would make sense since they're close to the water and are going to be very boat centric within that area of Italy.
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  I Hate Talking: -- So -- it wasn't initially boats only.
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  I Hate Talking: But then Venice and that sort of area.
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  I Hate Talking: Made it popular Yes, so doing some additional research here from vocabulary.com.
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  I Hate Talking: It seems that Oxford Language Dictionary might not have gotten this all correct because it does come from a Latin word even prior to that for.
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  I Hate Talking: Regataare, which means to compete, haggle, or sell at retail, and it became later used to mean boat race within the Italian context and all of the social events related to boat racing.
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  I Hate Talking: OK.
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  I Hate Talking: It doesn't really seem that there's any particular etymology on how that came about in terms of how regatta became used exclusively for boat racing.
• 9:41
  I Hate Talking: But that is the etymology.
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  I Hate Talking: Do jet skis, would there be, instead of like a jet ski race, is it a jet ski regatta?
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  I Hate Talking: So Merriam-Webster's does say that it can be a rowing boat, a speed boat, or a sailing boat.
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  I Hate Talking: It competes in a race or series of such races.
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  I Hate Talking: -- So -- the Olympics for the rowers, they're doing an Olympic regatta, rowing regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: Yes, it would seem so.
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  I Hate Talking: OK.
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  I Hate Talking: But I think in our modern context and vocabulary, we would just call that a race.
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  I Hate Talking: OK.
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  I Hate Talking: Now, it does seem that there is more of an emphasis, especially within even the US, but probably more European, that regattas do typically refer to sailing, but there are rowing regattas as well.
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  I Hate Talking: OK, so there's actually a number of different regattas that are officially held every year.
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  I Hate Talking: So for example, according to Wikipedia, there's the Henley Royal Regatta, which is in Britain.
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  I Hate Talking: And that is a rowing regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: There's also the Oxford University and the Cambridge University boat clubs that have regattas.
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  I Hate Talking: There's actually one in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania called the Dad Vale Regatta, which is a rowing regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: And then there's a lot of sailing regattas.
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  I Hate Talking: So it does seem that the regatta is more going to be used in terms of sailing races.
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  I Hate Talking: So there's a bunch.
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  I Hate Talking: They're all over from Canada, England, Netherlands, Florida, California, Sweden.
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  I Hate Talking: That are examples of a variety of races that are sailing regattas.
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  I Hate Talking: So we've been part of scouts since 2019.
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  I Hate Talking: And every year, almost every year, I guess, done a boat regatta race.
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  I Hate Talking: Has anyone ever asked what it was or questioned what that was?
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  I Hate Talking: Cause I feel like people just, we just use it, we gotta move on.
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  I Hate Talking: No one seems to question what we're saying or what the purpose of the race is.
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  I Hate Talking: That is true.
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  I Hate Talking: I think I have encountered some people that are maybe a little bit.
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  I Hate Talking: Unsure of what we're talking about.
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  I Hate Talking: But when I just say that they're model sailboats, that, that seems to answer most of the questions in their face that they maybe are not outwardly asking, like what is a regatta?
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  I Hate Talking: But you can sort of tell that like maybe they don't know.
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  I Hate Talking: But it's like a cultural, like you don't want to keep asking more questions or sound dumb.
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  I Hate Talking: And also Cub Scouts has just a lot of terminology that is very specific to Cub Scouts.
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  I Hate Talking: So I think that's also probably people's assumptions that it's just some other thing that Cub Scouts do that is very specific to Cub Scouts, but as we have learned in this episode, it is actually not.
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  I Hate Talking: Regatta is a widely used term, probably not so much in the United States because, or at least in our circles where we're not involved with sailing or rowing on a regular basis.
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  I Hate Talking: Yeah, but if you maybe live in New England and that kind of thing, yes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, yes, it looks like that is the case.
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  I Hate Talking: Florida as well has a bunch, so.
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  I Hate Talking: There's maybe some regattas that would be more prevalent with the citizenry that lives in ocean states, perhaps.
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  I Hate Talking: Yes, they do not really question rain gutter regatta, because it, it does not really have any indication unless you know what it is or know the word regatta, because rain gutter does not give really any clues either, if that's the first time that you've encountered the phrase rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: Yeah, but do, do we call it a boat regatta?
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  I Hate Talking: I feel like we do sometimes.
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  I Hate Talking: Is that on accident or that's like just a clarification that it's thrown in there?
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  I Hate Talking: I personally will rainbow.
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  I Hate Talking: Is that what we say?
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  I Hate Talking: No, we say rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: I always call it rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: I will sometimes refer to the actual craft that the scouts are piloting or powering as boats or sailboats.
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  I Hate Talking: But When I refer to the event, I always refer to it as rain gutter regatta, but maybe other people call it other things, but no, I believe you.
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  I Hate Talking: I'm good with that rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: And I guess this is uh the only regatta that we've participated in, because I've never been in a sailing or rowing race.
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  I Hate Talking: Which I think is probably quite apparent because we did not know that word regata.
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  I Hate Talking: So I would assume the same is true for you, that you've never.
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  I Hate Talking: Been in a regatta, other than the rain gutter regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: I guess not officially, but one time with my family, we rented, I guess kayaks or canoes.
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  I Hate Talking: I didn't, I don't really know the difference between them.
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  I Hate Talking: Truly, but we had 3 of them and we did our own little mini race, but it wasn't like official.
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  I Hate Talking: There was no winners.
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  I Hate Talking: It was just for bragging rights.
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  I Hate Talking: I see.
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  I Hate Talking: But you just called it a race.
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  I Hate Talking: You didn't call it a regatta.
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  I Hate Talking: -- It wasn't like call it a -- regatta family regatta of we should have though.
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  I Hate Talking: That one fancy.
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  I Hate Talking: That's true.
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  I Hate Talking: I've also been in non-official boat races where there is, you know, a friendly competition to.
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  I Hate Talking: Go as fast as you can and reach a particular destination or whatnot, but nor have I referred to those as regattas.
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  I Hate Talking: And those would have been on typically canoes, maybe some kayaks.
• 15:35
  I Hate Talking: I have gone sailing before, but that was more for just pleasure, not for racing.
• 15:41
  I Hate Talking: Yeah, I went sailing once with your uncle.
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  I Hate Talking: That's right.
• 15:45
  I Hate Talking: So you went sailing with, I assume too.
• 15:47
  I Hate Talking: Yes, that's correct.
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  I Hate Talking: It's the only time I've ever been on a sailboat.
• 15:51
  I Hate Talking: It was cool.
• 15:53
  I Hate Talking: So what is the difference between a kayak and a canoe?
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  I Hate Talking: So obviously a sailboat is far different than any particular boat that you will row or paddle.
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  I Hate Talking: So I think that's relatively apparent that a sailboat is going to be wind powered with a sail, and that is how the rain gutter regatta functions as well.
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  I Hate Talking: And then There's probably another category with like a rowboat, and then you have your canoe, and then you have your kayak.
• 16:26
  I Hate Talking: So Off the top of my head, I guess we will maybe perhaps do some bonus words or phrase of the episode if we actually define these things specifically.
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  I Hate Talking: But a canoe has a particular shape that I think came about from the Native Americans or maybe like the French Canadians would have canoes.
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  I Hate Talking: There would be certainly other indigenous peoples that would have similar boats.
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  I Hate Talking: So those that perhaps are in the Pacific Ocean would have like outrigger canoes and things like that where they will take a log and hollow that out.
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  I Hate Talking: And make that particular distinct shape.
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  I Hate Talking: -- And that's what -- outrigger means.
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  I Hate Talking: Outrigger is a part of the canoe, so that would be an additional structure attached to the canoe for greater stability.
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  I Hate Talking: OK.
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  I Hate Talking: So I don't think in America you would typically see outrigger canoes because typically those canoes are going to be for more lakes, rivers, and streams, whereas an outrigger canoe will be for the open ocean.
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  I Hate Talking: OK.
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  I Hate Talking: And then a kayak is similar, but I think is going to be.
• 17:41
  I Hate Talking: I don't know.
• 17:42
  I Hate Talking: I don't know what exactly the difference between a kayak is.
• 17:45
  I Hate Talking: I can picture it in my mind.
• 17:46
  I Hate Talking: The very distinct difference between a kayak and a canoe, but I feel like I don't know the exact definition on what actually makes them different.
• 17:55
  I Hate Talking: I feel like I've been told that like a kayak is in the water.
• 18:02
  I Hate Talking: Like your body's in the water.
• 18:04
  I Hate Talking: But then I see people call other boats kayaks.
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  I Hate Talking: That you're not physically in the water, like a canoe sits on top, right?
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  I Hate Talking: And like the sides come up beside you.
• 18:17
  I Hate Talking: That's true.
• 18:18
  I Hate Talking: -- That's -- what I would think of as a canoe, and then I always thought kayak was when you sit in it and you're like your legs are actually in the thing.
• 18:26
  I Hate Talking: And you're much more level with the water.
• 18:29
  I Hate Talking: But then I hear people call other ones that go back and forth.
• 18:34
  I Hate Talking: So either people aren't saying it the right or I'm not describing it in my head properly.
• 18:40
  I Hate Talking: Well, and that could be that the original term kayak is how you're describing it, but then with the variety of boats that have been invented since that time, then you have sit in kayaks or sit on top kayaks.
• 18:53
  I Hate Talking: You even have different styles of canoe where perhaps it's different seating arrangements and everything like that.
• 18:59
  I Hate Talking: And then similarly you have rowboats that are going to be Different as well.
• 19:05
  I Hate Talking: So maybe.
• 19:06
  I Hate Talking: I guess we're gonna have to do the research on this episode live for you, our listeners, so that we can come to a conclusive finality on canoe, kayak, and rowboat.
• 19:17
  I Hate Talking: But is perhaps the difference the method in which you power.
• 19:23
  I Hate Talking: The watercraft.
• 19:24
  I Hate Talking: Do you paddle different in a kayak versus a canoe versus a rowboat?
• 19:29
  I Hate Talking: Right, I can see the rowboat being different because you have the two and you're doing it at the same time, right?
• 19:34
  I Hate Talking: Right.
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  I Hate Talking: So in a rowboat typically you would have fixed oars attached to the boat and you are using.
• 19:43
  I Hate Talking: Both hands That are rowing the boat separate from one another, but in conjunction, essentially, since you are doing that at the same time.
• 19:55
  I Hate Talking: If you're going straight, essentially you're going to row both oars at the same time from that fixed point on the boat.
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  I Hate Talking: And then a canoe will have a single paddle that you will grasp and paddle on one side or the other, and then you swap hands.
• 20:11
  I Hate Talking: You can swap hands if you're in a two-person canoe or you could even do it as a one-person canoe and you're just changing sides every few strokes so that you maintain your course.
• 20:22
  I Hate Talking: And then a kayak, you will typically paddle with a double bladed paddle.
• 20:28
  I Hate Talking: So you're basically holding one single paddle that has blades on each end and you are propelling yourself through the water via that particular means.
• 20:38
  I Hate Talking: Cause you're going like left, right, left, right, like a canoe, except it's a one really long paddle versus the canoe shorter and you have to go back and forth yourself.
• 20:52
  I Hate Talking: Correct.
• 20:53
  I Hate Talking: And I think the distinction between a canoe and a rowboat is a canoe will use paddles and a rowboat will use oars.
• 21:01
  I Hate Talking: So what's the difference between an oar and a paddle?
• 21:05
  I Hate Talking: I, that's what I was thinking in my head.
• 21:08
  I Hate Talking: I was trying to picture it.
• 21:09
  I Hate Talking: What's the difference?
• 21:10
  I Hate Talking: And what's a kayak use a paddle or?
• 21:14
  I Hate Talking: I would call that a paddle, kayak paddles, canoe paddles, and rowboat oars.
• 21:20
  I Hate Talking: OK.
• 21:20
  I Hate Talking: So -- we'll we'll -- find out.
• 21:23
  I Hate Talking: So we're gonna do the research right now and we'll be right back with hopefully the answer.
• 21:28
  I Hate Talking: We'll see what we can find.
• 21:29
  I Hate Talking: All right, so we may not have all the answers here, but we were at least able to find the difference between a rowboat and a canoe, and the biggest distinction is the means by which they are powered.
• 21:43
  I Hate Talking: So a rowboat is propelled by oars with oarlocks.
• 21:47
  I Hate Talking: So that is what I was describing as the fixed point within the boat that those oars are attached, while a canoe is propelled by a single bladed paddle.
• 21:55
  I Hate Talking: OK, yeah, good job.
• 21:58
  I Hate Talking: That's what you said.
• 21:59
  I Hate Talking: And then typically rowboats are going to be powered with the rower facing backwards.
• 22:08
  I Hate Talking: Versus the canoe where the paddler is facing forwards.
• 22:13
  I Hate Talking: Huh, OK.
• 22:15
  I Hate Talking: I do like watching the rowers.
• 22:19
  I Hate Talking: On, like, in the Olympics and stuff.
• 22:22
  I Hate Talking: I like how they all line up and work together.
• 22:25
  I Hate Talking: That's true.
• 22:27
  I Hate Talking: Or you could have a rowboat with a single rower as well.
• 22:29
  I Hate Talking: That's like the old timey rowboat where you have the guy paddling the lady with her parasol.
• 22:35
  I Hate Talking: Yeah, that's what I was picturing in my head right now.
• 22:37
  I Hate Talking: It's so cute.
• 22:37
  I Hate Talking: I'm sure, I wonder if that's what our listeners were picturing as well, like the little rascals.
• 22:42
  I Hate Talking: How Darla and.
• 22:45
  I Hate Talking: What's his name?
• 22:47
  I Hate Talking: I don't know.
• 22:47
  I Hate Talking: This was not my time, so I'm not familiar.
• 22:50
  I Hate Talking: -- That picture did not come to my -- mind.
• 22:51
  I Hate Talking: Family movie night.
• 22:52
  I Hate Talking: We need to watch it.
• 22:53
  I Hate Talking: Darla.
• 22:53
  I Hate Talking: Oh, what's his name?
• 22:55
  I Hate Talking: Someone's screaming in their radio right now.
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  I Hate Talking: I don't know.
• 23:00
  I Hate Talking: I have no idea.
• 23:01
  I Hate Talking: Not only have I not forgotten, I have never known this knowledge.
• 23:06
  I Hate Talking: watched.
• 23:07
  I Hate Talking: I've seen bits and parts of it when other people have watched it, but I have never sat down and watched Little Rascals.
• 23:13
  I Hate Talking: Oh my goodness, we're gonna have to.
• 23:15
  I Hate Talking: They have like a dog, right, with a -- spot -- on That reminds me of Homeward Bound.
• 23:20
  I Hate Talking: Is it the same dog?
• 23:21
  I Hate Talking: -- From Homeward Bound -- was Homeward Bound Dog the same Little Rascals.
• 23:27
  I Hate Talking: Little Rascals was like a long, like Homeward Bound was like 90s movie.
• 23:32
  I Hate Talking: Little Rascals was like.
• 23:34
  I Hate Talking: Really old.
• 23:35
  I Hate Talking: Oh, maybe not cause Macaulay Culkin was in it.
• 23:39
  I Hate Talking: I don't know what I'm talking about.
• 23:41
  I Hate Talking: Petey's the dog though.
• 23:43
  I Hate Talking: I'm pretty sure.
• 23:45
  I Hate Talking: Yes, PD is a dog.
• 23:48
  I Hate Talking: Oh, hussy, I can remember, why can't I remember the guy's name?
• 23:51
  I Hate Talking: He's got the hair that sticks up.
• 23:52
  I Hate Talking: -- What does your Google -- say?
• 23:55
  I Hate Talking: And Chance was homeward bound.
• 23:56
  I Hate Talking: There are even different breeds.
• 23:59
  I Hate Talking: So Chance was an American bulldog and Little Rascals.
• 24:04
  I Hate Talking: Petey was a pit bull terrier.
• 24:06
  I Hate Talking: So different dogs.
• 24:07
  I Hate Talking: OK, what's his name?
• 24:08
  I Hate Talking: -- Look it -- up.
• 24:09
  I Hate Talking: Hi.
• 24:09
  I Hate Talking: -- Where's your research -- devices?
• 24:12
  I Hate Talking: Charging in the other room.
• 24:14
  I Hate Talking: All right, Darla and -- Darla is the -- girl.
• 24:17
  I Hate Talking: Alfalfa, alfalfa, yes.
• 24:20
  I Hate Talking: All right, thank you.
• 24:21
  I Hate Talking: Alfalfa and Darla.
• 24:23
  I Hate Talking: Go on a boat like that.
• 24:24
  I Hate Talking: It's really cute.
• 24:25
  I Hate Talking: So we'll watch that next movie night.
• 24:28
  I Hate Talking: And circling back, a kayak, is that paddles or oars?
• 24:35
  I Hate Talking: So according to our research here, the kayak is distinguished from a canoe, again based on its paddle, but also its deck.
• 24:47
  I Hate Talking: So it was both things that we mentioned separately.
• 24:50
  I Hate Talking: So kayaks use a double bladed paddle and the canoe uses the single bladed paddle, as we've already mentioned.
• 24:59
  I Hate Talking: And then in terms of their actual construction.
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  I Hate Talking: A typical kayak will have a closed deck where the paddler sits inside.
• 25:09
  I Hate Talking: So they basically are contained within the boat.
• 25:12
  I Hate Talking: That's what I was saying, but I couldn't describe it that well.
• 25:16
  I Hate Talking: Right, but now they do have sit on top kayaks where you're not.
• 25:19
  I Hate Talking: So why is that a kayak then?
• 25:21
  I Hate Talking: It's still a kayak.
• 25:23
  I Hate Talking: I don't know.
• 25:24
  I Hate Talking: I mean, you still use the double bladed paddle for that.
• 25:27
  I Hate Talking: You could use a single paddle, but it works better for a particular design, I think, to use a double bladed, whereas the canoe will have an open top where the paddler will typically sit or kneel.
• 25:40
  I Hate Talking: And that's it.
• 25:42
  I Hate Talking: There's really no particular other differences.
• 25:45
  I Hate Talking: It's basically the kayak has the closed deck, which is also called a cockpit, uses the two-bladed paddle.
• 25:54
  I Hate Talking: And that is really the only distinguishing things from a canoe, where that will be an open deck and usually use the one bladed paddle.
• 26:04
  I Hate Talking: So which do you prefer between like a rowboat?
• 26:07
  I Hate Talking: Even you can throw a sailboat in there.
• 26:10
  I Hate Talking: We're here, we didn't even talk about like motorboats.
• 26:14
  I Hate Talking: So out of all of those kind of boats, what is your vessel a preference?
• 26:21
  I Hate Talking: I think I have nostalgia for canoes.
• 26:24
  I Hate Talking: That was what our family typically did.
• 26:26
  I Hate Talking: So we do have kayaks now, and that does make it a little bit easier.
• 26:30
  I Hate Talking: One of the things that is mentioned here in some of the comparisons is that kayaks will typically be more maneuverable.
• 26:37
  I Hate Talking: So, that does make it a little bit easier for small children to go about on a small river or lake.
• 26:47
  I Hate Talking: Maneuvering them in the water or like transporting them.
• 26:51
  I Hate Talking: I feel like they're much lighter, right?
• 26:53
  I Hate Talking: Yeah, transport to and from the waterways as well as actually in the water.
• 26:59
  I Hate Talking: Now you can take more stuff in a canoe, so you could even have multiple people in a canoe.
• 27:05
  I Hate Talking: Probably better for actually hauling things.
• 27:09
  I Hate Talking: So, that is another thing that probably gives a little bit more of a win to the canoe in my mind.
• 27:17
  I Hate Talking: OK.
• 27:18
  I Hate Talking: So, a bit of a meandering topic as we were talking about Brigades and a whole variety of boats, but hopefully you enjoyed this episode and if you did, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.
• 27:33
  I Hate Talking: And as a particular note for our upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be having an episode, so we will return back after Thanksgiving in December.
• 27:48
  I Hate Talking: That's.
• 27:49
  I Hate Talking: It is kind of funny to be talking about all this water sports when we've already had our first snow of the year.
• 27:56
  I Hate Talking: And like you said, Thanksgiving's coming up, and then December will be our next episode.
• 28:03
  I Hate Talking: So this isn't time appropriate, we're not gonna be getting out on the water ourselves, right?
• 28:09
  I Hate Talking: Anytime soon, but in the spring, we're already looking forward to it.
• 28:12
  I Hate Talking: That's true, and you always can have water sports anytime with scouts with the rain gutter regatta.
• 28:19
  I Hate Talking: That's right.
• 28:20
  I Hate Talking: So from your friends at I Hate Talking, until next time, remember, it is only through talking that we begin the journey to understanding.