A kayak is one of several types of seagoing arctic skin boats, which are one of the three types of primitive watercraft of North America. The Eskimo hunting boat. The kayak is a long, usually narrow, decked canoe and is commonly very well finished. The basic requirements in nearly all kayaks are the same; to paddle rapidly and easily, to work against strong wind and tide or heavy head sea, to be maneuverable, and to be light enough to be readily lifted from the water and carried. This was taken from "The Bark Canoes And Skin Boats Of North America". Richard M. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 12/27/98 11:26:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, richard_at_saber.net writes: << A kayak is one of several types of seagoing arctic skin boats >> I wonder then, what are the fiberglass and poly boats I've been paddling in Southern California? Hmmmmm. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I think the best description I read went something like this: A kayak is a decked boat that you sit in with your legs in front of you and propell with a double bladed paddle. This provides the distinction between the kayak and the decked canoe or the wave ski. Not real technical, but I have yet to find an exception. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 12/27/98 4:16:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, mnoyes_at_gsinet.net writes: << I think the best description I read went something like this: A kayak is a decked boat that you sit in with your legs in front of you and propell with a double bladed paddle. This provides the distinction between the kayak and the decked canoe or the wave ski. Not real technical, but I have yet to find an exception. >> This excludes sit-on-tops? But then, I don't have any problem with that :-) Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
KiAyker_at_aol.com wrote: > This excludes sit-on-tops? But then, I don't have any problem with that :-) > > Scott > So.Cal. > I never really considered a sit on top as being a true kayak, I always put them in a class of their own. Just as I put a decked canoe into a different class from kayaks when the only difference in the boat itself is the seat. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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