Definition of flatwater in English:
flatwater
nounˈflatwɔːtəˈflatˌwôdər
mass nounNorth American Slowly moving water in a river, as opposed to rapids.
as modifier flatwater kayak and canoe teams
Example sentencesExamples
- Two days ago, I took my son on a 30 minute flatwater canoe ride.
- At one point, in the flat water in the shadow of Grenada, we hit 9.2 knots.
- Lake Banyoles again turned on flat water with a slight hint of a head wind for semi-final Friday.
- Round two of heats began at 9.30 am under slightly hazy skies and perfectly flat water.
- The narrow vessels are designed to travel extremely fast atop flat water.
- We join Blanche and Junior at the surface of the flat water of Avera Bay.
- Someone upstairs knew the importance of semi-finals and turned on a brilliant day of flat water with barely a hint of wind.
- It was mostly a flatwater river, she reported, with the rapids concentrated in the first few days.
- Just now we're sailing along in a stiff breeze over flat water.
- Spending the day motoring through flat water gave us a chance to clean house.
- The giant lagoon is perfect for flat water sailing.
- By rights, there ought to be a desert up here, so far from the oceans of the flatwater world.
- The huge harbor works which stretch 1.3km out to sea have also created a section of flat water perfect for small boat sailing.
- The final three days were a bit of an anti-climax for the group, with relatively easy paddles on flat waters to the rendezvous with the yacht.
- Flat waters cover a deep-down base, making for optimal wakes with minimal rebound thanks to the sloped shores on either side.
- An integral keel helps it track on flat water.
- The result is that the Nomad paddles faster on flat water than most of its cousins.
- Even their experienced Stroke had previously only raced on flat water.
- As we scanned the horizon we could see nothing but flat water.
- You'd have a perfect mirror image there on that nice, flat water there.