| Kayak Buying guide. | | | | rolls over, you can become trapped with your legs |
| If your buying a kayak for fitness, pleasure or | | | | inside. With practice (preferably in a swimming pool, |
| adventure it can be a very rewarding hobby. There | | | | with a local club) you can perfect the roll and even self |
| are many ways of enjoying kayaking, surfing the | | | | right. |
| waves at the beach, sea fishing for the BBQ, spotting | | | | Sit On Top Kayaks are the biggest new marine |
| nature in small rivers & creeks, exploring around | | | | product on the market at the moment, with all kinds of |
| estuaries and harbors or white water paddling. | | | | people enjoying the hobby. There are now whole clubs |
| There are many types of kayaks and canoes | | | | formed around Kayak Fishing, with information on |
| available now a days. | | | | modifying their boats to have fish finders, more |
| There are open Canadian style kayaks, where the | | | | comfortable seats, fishing rod holders and even GPS! |
| paddlers (typically two) sit on a bench seat upright and | | | | Sit On Top Kayaks are ideal for beginners as you |
| paddle a single paddle on opposite sides of the boat, | | | | cannot get stuck inside them and they are very stable |
| reasonably good for beginners but not the most stable. | | | | due to their modern designed hull. They are available |
| Sit in Canoes can be good for white water paddling as | | | | for between 1 & 4 people, popular choices are the |
| the canoeist is sat inside the canoe which is sealed | | | | single and tandem kayaks. Many of the tow person |
| with a rubber 'skirt', meaning the boat doesn't get full of | | | | kayaks can also carry a child in between the two |
| water at every set of rapids. However the sit in | | | | paddlers, so it becomes a family adventure. |
| variety are not so good of beginners as if the canoe | | | | |