Kayaks
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
Kayaks
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Framed
Description
a bunch of kayaks. Picture taken on a tour to the Marine Park Moo Koh, Koh Samui, Thailand. A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic language, where it is the word qajaq (pronounced qajaq. In the UK the term canoe is often used when referring to a kayak.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler. The cockpit is sometimes covered by a spray deck that prevents the entry of water from waves or spray and makes it possible for suitably skilled kayakers to roll the kayak: that is, to capsize and right it without it filling with water or ejecting the paddler.R
Some modern boats vary considerably from a traditional design but still claim the title "kayak", for instance in eliminating the cockpit by seating the paddler on top of the boat ("sit-on-top" kayaks); having inflated air chambers surrounding the boat; replacing the single hull by twin hulls, and replacing paddles with other human-powered propulsion methods, such as foot-powered rotational propellers and "flippers". Kayaks are also being sailed, as well as propelled by means of small electric motors, and even by outboard gas engines.D
The kayak was first used by the indigenous Aleut, Inuit, Yupik and possibly Ainu hunters in subarctic regions of the world
A very grateful thank you to the following group for featuring this picture
Excellent Self-Taught Artists
23.07.2013
Lady Photographers
25.05.2017
NIKON FULL FRAME CAMERAS
02/27/2020
ABC GROUP
09/26/2020
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classified in the top finishers in following contest
KAYAKS AND CANOES
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September 21st, 2012
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