Kayak, the Glossary
A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle.[1]
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169 relations: Ainu people, Alaska Natives, Aleutian Islands, Aleutian kayak, Aleuts, Aluminium, Anatomical terms of motion, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Bailing (boats), Beam (nautical), Bering Sea, Bicycle pedal, Blimp, Boat, Boeing Chinook (UK variants), Bordeaux, Bow (watercraft), Breaking wave, British English, Bulkhead (partition), Canada, Canary Islands, Canoe, Canoe & Kayak UK, Canoe freestyle, Canoe polo, Canoe slalom, Canoe sprint, Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics, Canvas, Canyoning, Capsizing, Center of mass, Central Alaskan Yupʼik, Chine (boating), Cockpit, Combined Operations Headquarters, Commandos (United Kingdom), Compass, Computer-aided design, Consolidated PBY Catalina, Copper, Coracle, Creeking, Cupressaceae, Dinosaur National Monument, Displacement (fluid), Drag (physics), ... Expand index (119 more) »
- Canoeing and kayaking equipment
- Human-powered watercraft
- Inuit transport
- Kayaks
Ainu people
The Ainu are an ethnic group who reside in northern Japan, including Hokkaido and Northeast Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai; they have occupied these areas known to them as "Ainu Mosir" (lit), since before the arrival of the modern Yamato and Russians.
Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi aliat, or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones.
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Aleutian kayak
The baidarka or Aleutian kayak (Aleut: iqyax) is a watercraft consisting of soft skin (artificial or natural) over a flexible space frame. Kayak and Aleutian kayak are kayaks.
Aleuts
Aleuts (Aleuty) are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
Anatomical terms of motion
Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms.
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Arctic
The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.
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Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions.
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
Bailing (boats)
Bailing is the process of removing water from a vessel.
Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea (p) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean.
Bicycle pedal
The pedal is the part of a bicycle that the rider pushes with their foot to propel the vehicle.
Blimp
A blimp (/blɪmp/), or non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel.
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Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats.
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Boeing Chinook (UK variants)
The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.
Bow (watercraft)
The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.
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Breaking wave
In fluid dynamics and nautical terminology, a breaking wave or breaker is a wave with enough energy to "break" at its peak, reaching a critical level at which linear energy transforms into wave turbulence energy with a distinct forward curve.
British English
British English is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain.
Bulkhead (partition)
A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship, within the fuselage of an airplane, or a car.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (Canarias), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
Canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles. Kayak and canoe are canoeing and kayaking equipment and human-powered watercraft.
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Canoe & Kayak UK
Canoe & Kayak UK was a British canoeing magazine.
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Canoe freestyle
Canoe freestyle (also known as playboating) is a discipline of whitewater kayaking or canoeing where people perform various technical moves in one place (a playspot), as opposed to downriver whitewater canoeing or kayaking where the objective is to travel the length of a section of river (although whitewater paddlers will often stop and play en route).
Canoe polo
Canoe polo, also known as kayak polo, is one of the competitive disciplines of kayaking.
Canoe slalom
Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible.
Canoe sprint
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance.
Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
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Canvas
Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.
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Canyoning
Canyoning (canyoneering in the United States, kloofing in South Africa) is a sport that combines several outdoor sports like rock climbing, hiking, swimming, and rappelling.
Capsizing
Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is rolled on its side or further by wave action, instability or wind force beyond the angle of positive static stability or it is upside down in the water.
Center of mass
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the barycenter or balance point) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero.
Central Alaskan Yupʼik
Central Alaskan Yupʼik (also rendered Yupik, Central Yupik, or indigenously Yugtun) is one of the languages of the Yupik family, in turn a member of the Eskimo–Aleut language group, spoken in western and southwestern Alaska.
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Chine (boating)
A chine in boat design is a sharp change in angle in the cross section of a hull.
Cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, on the front part of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft.
Combined Operations Headquarters
Combined Operations Headquarters was a department of the British War Office set up during Second World War to harass the Germans on the European continent by means of raids carried out by use of combined naval and army forces.
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Commandos (United Kingdom)
The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for special forces that could carry out raids against German-occupied Europe.
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Compass
A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation.
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.
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Consolidated PBY Catalina
The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
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Coracle
A coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales, and also in parts of the western parts of Ireland, particularly the River Boyne, and in Scotland, particularly the River Spey.
Creeking
Creeking (sometimes called steep creeking or treetop boating or creekboating) is a branch of canoeing and kayaking that involves descending very steep low-volume whitewater.
Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress, with worldwide distribution.
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers.
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Displacement (fluid)
In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is largely immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place.
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Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
Driftwood
Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea, lake, or river by the action of winds, tides or waves.
Electric battery
An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.
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Electric motor
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
Epoxy
Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins.
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Ergonomics
Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems.
Eskimo rescue
An Eskimo rescue, bow rescue or T-rescue is a kayaking technique performed to recover a kayaker from a capsize without them having to leave their boat or perform a self-rescue such as a kayak roll.
Ethylene-vinyl acetate
Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), also known as poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) (PEVA), is a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate.
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Falklands War
The Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Fiberglass
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.
Flare (ship)
Flare is the angle at which a ship's hull plate or planking departs from the vertical in an outward direction with increasing height.
Flyak
The Flyak is a hydrofoil adaptation to the conventional kayak. Kayak and Flyak are kayaks.
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Folding kayak
A folding kayak is a direct descendant of the original Inuit kayak made of animal skins stretched over frames made from wood and bones. Kayak and folding kayak are kayaks.
Gates of Lodore
The Gates of Lodore is the scenic entrance to the Canyon of Lodore, a canyon on the Green River in northwestern Colorado, United States.
Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)
This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water (mostly though not necessarily on the sea).
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Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named as a national park.
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Great Lakes
The Great Lakes (Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
Green River (Colorado River tributary)
The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River.
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Greenland
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Greenlandic Inuit
The Greenlandic Inuit (kalaallit, Grønlandsk Inuit) are the indigenous and most populous ethnic group in Greenland.
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Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
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Hull (watercraft)
A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat.
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Hull speed
Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel.
Human-powered watercraft
Human-powered watercraft are watercraft propelled only by human power, instead of being propelled by wind power (via one or more sails) or an engine.
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Hypalon
Hypalon is a chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE) synthetic rubber (CSM) noted for its resistance to chemicals, temperature extremes, and ultraviolet light.
International Canoe Federation
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide.
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Inuit
Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
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Inuktitut
Inuktitut (syllabics ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ; from, 'person' + -titut, 'like', 'in the manner of'), also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada.
Inuktitut syllabics
Inuktitut syllabics (qaniujaaqpait, or ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖅᓄᑖᖅ) is an abugida-type writing system used in Canada by the Inuktitut-speaking Inuit of the territory of Nunavut and the Nunavik and Nunatsiavut regions of Quebec and Labrador, respectively.
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John MacGregor (sportsman)
John MacGregor (24 January 1825 Gravesend – 16 July 1892 Boscombe, Bournemouth), nicknamed Rob Roy after a renowned relative, was an English explorer, travel writer and philanthropist.
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Johnny Carson
John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television personality, comedian, writer and producer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992).
Kayak angst
Kayak angst (kajaksvimmelhed "kayak dizziness" or kajakangst, nangiarneq) or nangierneq (Inuit languages) is a condition likened to a panic attack which has historically been associated with the Greenlandic Inuit.
Kayak fishing
Kayak fishing is fishing from a kayak.
Kayak roll
A kayak roll or Eskimo roll is the act of righting a capsized kayak by use of body motion and/or a paddle.
Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water.
Keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a watercraft.
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Las Palmas
Las Palmas, officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean.
List of Grand Canyon rapids and features
The following is a list of major rapids and other notable features on the Colorado River through Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon below Glen Canyon Dam, in order of their position downstream of Lee's Ferry.
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List of human-based units of measurement
This is a list of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units).
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Middle Fork Salmon River
The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a river in central Idaho in the northwestern United States.
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Monterey, California
Monterey (Monterrey) is a city in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast.
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Motorboat
A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine.
Multihull
A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull.
Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
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Museum Five Continents
The Museum Five Continents or Five Continents Museum (Museum Fünf Kontinente), located in Munich, Germany, is a museum for non-European artworks and objects of cultural value.
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Natural rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.
Neoprene
Neoprene (also polychloroprene) is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene.
Nitrile rubber
Nitrile rubber, also known as nitrile butadiene rubber, NBR, Buna-N, and acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, is a synthetic rubber derived from acrylonitrile (ACN) and butadiene.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Nylon
Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers with amide backbones, usually linking aliphatic or semi-aromatic groups.
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Operation Frankton
Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during World War II.
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Oskar Speck
Oskar Speck (4 March 1907 – 28 March 1993) was a German canoeist who kayaked from Germany to Australia.
Outboard motor
An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom.
Outrigger (nautical)
An outrigger is a projecting structure on a boat, with specific meaning depending on types of vessel. Kayak and outrigger (nautical) are canoeing and kayaking equipment.
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Outrigger boat
Outrigger boats are various watercraft featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull.
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
Packraft
Packraft and trail boat are colloquial terms for a small, portable inflatable boat designed for use in all bodies of water, including technical whitewater and ocean bays and fjords.
Paddle
A paddle is a handheld tool with an elongated handle and a flat, widened distal end (i.e. the blade), used as a lever to apply force onto the bladed end. Kayak and paddle are canoeing and kayaking equipment.
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Paint
Paint is a material or mixture that, when applied to a solid material and allowed to dry, adds a film-like layer.
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Photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.
Pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.
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Pinniped
Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.
Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
Plywood
Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers, having both glued with each other at right angle.
Polyethylene
Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic.
Polymeric foam
A polymeric foam is a special foam, in liquid or solidified form, formed from polymers.
Polyurethane
Polyurethane (often abbreviated PUR and PU) refers to a class of polymers composed of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links.
Polyurethane laminate
Polyurethane laminate (PUL, thermal stretch, fuzzy rubber) is a compound fabric made by laminating a cloth fabric to one or both sides of a thin film of polyurethane.
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Polyvinyl chloride
Polyvinyl chloride (alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after polyethylene and polypropylene).
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Propeller
A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid such as water or air.
Rapid River (Maine)
Rapid River is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Rapids
Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.
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Recreational kayak
A recreational kayak is a type of kayak that is designed for the casual paddler interested in recreational activities on a lake or flatwater stream; they presently make up the largest segment of kayak sales. Kayak and recreational kayak are kayaks.
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Reindeer
The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.
Rotational molding
Rotational molding (BrE: moulding) involves a heated mold which is filled with a charge or shot weight of the material.
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Rowing
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion.
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Royal Marines
The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).
Rudder
A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).
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Sail
A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles.
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Sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Thomas (Sankt Thomas, Santo Tomás, Saint-Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.
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Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance.
Scupper
A scupper is an opening in the side walls of a vessel or an open-air structure, which allows water to drain instead of pooling within the bulwark or gunwales of a vessel, or within the curbing or walls of a building.
Sea kayak
A sea kayak or touring kayak is a kayak used for the sport of paddling on open waters of lakes, bays, and oceans. Kayak and sea kayak are kayaks.
Seakeeping
Seakeeping ability or seaworthiness is a measure of how well-suited a watercraft is to conditions when underway.
Sextant
A sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects.
Skeg
A skeg (or skegg or skag) is a sternward extension of the keel of boats and ships which have a rudder mounted on the centre line.
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Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa.
Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.
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Special Boat Service
The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
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Sponson
Sponsons are projections extending from the sides of land vehicles, aircraft or watercraft to provide protection, stability, storage locations, mounting points for weapons or other devices, or equipment housing.
Spray deck
A spraydeck (sprayskirt in N. America, akuilisaq or tuiitsoq in Greenland) is a flexible waterproof cover for a boat (in particular for a kayak or a canoe) with holes for the passengers' waists. Kayak and spray deck are canoeing and kayaking equipment.
Sprint kayak
Sprint kayak is a type of canoe sprint held on calm water.
Squirt boating
Squirt boating is a form of whitewater kayaking where the boat is designed to be as low in volume as possible while still allowing the paddler to float.
Stern
The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.
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Stitch and glue
Stitch and glue is a simple boat building method which uses plywood panels temporarily stitched together, typically with wire or zip-ties, and glued together permanently with epoxy resin.
Strip-built
Strip-built, or "strip-plank epoxy", is a method of boat building.
Subarctic
The subarctic zone is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic, north of humid continental regions and covering much of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the north of Fennoscandia, Northwestern Russia, Siberia, and the Cairngorms.
Surf kayaking
Surf kayaking is the sport, technique, and equipment, used in surfing ocean waves with kayaks.
Surfboard
A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing.
Textile
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.
Thuja
Thuja is a genus of coniferous tree or shrub in the Cupressaceae (cypress family).
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Torsion
Torsion may refer to.
Treenail
A treenail, also trenail, trennel, or trunnel, is a wooden peg, pin, or dowel used to fasten pieces of wood together, especially in timber frames, covered bridges, wooden shipbuilding and boat building.
Tuilik
A tuilik is an Inuit watertight jacket, used when paddling a kayak. Kayak and tuilik are canoeing and kayaking equipment.
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Umiak
The umiak, umialak, umiaq, umiac, oomiac, oomiak, ongiuk, or anyak is a type of open skin boat, used by both Yupik and Inuit, and was originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland. Kayak and umiak are Inuit transport and kayaks.
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Unified Task Force
The Unified Task Force (UNITAF) was a United States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia from 5 December 1992 until 4 May 1993.
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United States Navy SEALs
The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command.
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Walter Kirschbaum
Walter Kirschbaum is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the early-to-mid 1950s.
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Waterproofing
Waterproofing is the process of making an object, person or structure waterproof or water-resistant so that it remains relatively unaffected by water or resisting the ingress of water under specified conditions.
Waveski
The Waveski, previously known as the "Paddle Ski”, is a surfboard that the rider 'sits' on top of. Kayak and Waveski are kayaks.
Wet exit
The wet exit is a simple technique for exiting from a capsized kayak while wearing a spray skirt.
Whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.
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Whitewater kayaking
Whitewater kayaking is an adventure sport where a river is navigated in a decked kayak.
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Wire
Overhead power cabling. The conductor consists of seven strands of steel (centre, high tensile strength), surrounded by four outer layers of aluminium (high conductivity). Sample diameter 40 mm A wire is a flexible, round, bar of metal.
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Woodworking
Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
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See also
Canoeing and kayaking equipment
- Albano buoy system
- Buoyancy aid
- Canoe
- Helmet
- Kayak
- Noseclip
- Outrigger (nautical)
- Paddle
- Paddle float
- Paddle leash
- Personal flotation device
- RapidBlocs
- Royalex
- Sea sock
- Spray deck
- Throw bag
- Tuilik
- Va'a-tele
Human-powered watercraft
- Bajak
- Bangka (boat)
- Bangkong
- Birlinn
- Canoe
- Canoes
- Galley
- Galleys
- Ghali (ship)
- Ghurab
- Gondola
- Human-powered watercraft
- Iceboat
- Juanga (ship)
- Kayak
- Kelulus
- Kora kora
- Kotta mara
- Lancaran (ship)
- Mayang (boat)
- Mendam Berahi
- Pedalo
- Penjajap
- Qianli chuan
- Single-bamboo drifting
- Upper Appomattox canal system
- Viking ship
Inuit transport
Kayaks
- Aleutian kayak
- Flyak
- Folding kayak
- Kayak
- Recreational kayak
- Sea kayak
- Surf ski
- Taimen (kayak)
- Umiak
- Waveski
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayak
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