Kayak is a type of small narrow boat that is used for various methods such as kayak can be used for both recreational activities and also for sports. This article will take a look at kayak and also the designs of the modern kayak boat and how it varies from the traditional kayak boat.
Kayak, as mentioned previously, is a small boat which is shaped in a narrow shape. This is because the narrow shape of the kayak boat will provide a faster speed and also agility to the kayak boat than other types of traditional boats. The kayak boat is propelled in the water by the means of a double bladed paddle. The word kayak is originated from the Greenlandic language that means a small boat. However the term varies worldwide. For example: In the UK the kayak is somewhat similar to canoe, which is also another type of small boat. However the kayak boat is quite distinctive than other types of small boats that are available for use. The traditional boat kayak comes with a covered deck and also one to two or more seats for the rowers of the kayak and also each of the seats of the rowers will have one double bladed paddler to propel the boat in the water. The cockpit of the kayak is sometimes found to be covered with an additional type of equipment known as spray deck. The reason sometimes a spray deck is used because the spay deck helps to prevent the entry of splashing water waves or the spray of waves when the kayak boat is paddled and propelled in the water. This makes the kayak rowers to propel the boat much more comfortably without getting drenched in the coming splash of water from the water body while rowing the kayak boat. There is also another advantage of using a spray deck, which is that the kayak will not get filled with the splashed water if the kayak boat is meant to be on the water for a bit longer time. The modern kayak boats also differ from the traditional kayak boats in many ways. For example in the modern kayak boats, the cockpit that is found generally on the traditional kayak boat is removed from the design and it is instead replaced by a paddler that is placed on the kayak boat. Also an inflated chamber of air is used in the surrounding of the boat. Another change in the design of the modern kayak boat is that the single hull of the kayak boat is replaced by the twin hulls in the kayak boat. Also the double bladed paddles that are meant to propel the kayak boat is also sometimes replaced with the other methods of propulsion of the kayak boat such as small electric motors or outboard gas engines. These methods of propulsion makes the kayak move at much faster speed and also it adds to the agility of the movement of the kayak boat.
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AuthorI am Josh 25-year-old mechanical engineer from Bismarck, North Dakota. I love sailing, kayaking and scuba diving. Archives
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