[Paddlewise] What's what? Canoe or kayak?

   I have been having an argument about just what makes a canoe verses what 
makes a kayak? I thought I knew, but now I'm confused. I know there are a lot 
of you on this list which know a bunch more about this stuff then I do, so I 
thought I would appeal to you for help. What's a kayak, and what's a canoe? 
Isn't a C-1 a racing canoe? And a K-1 a racing kayak? But then I have also 
heard C-1 being applied to a squirt boat. If you paddle it on your knees 
doesn't that make it a canoe? I checked some web sites and found one that 
called C-1's kayaks. So what's the real scoop here?

Help!

Scott
So.Cal.

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