Kayak wurin zama ɗaya sabon nau'in wasannin ruwa ne, wanda a kwanan nan ya fara bunkasa sannu a hankali a kasarmu. Mutane da yawa suna son hayan kayak a bakin tafkin don yin wasa. Wataƙila mutane da yawa ba su san wannan wasan sosai ba, don haka a yau zan raba tare da ku ɗan ƙaramin sani game da kayak Single seat.
Ana kuma kiran kayak wurin zama ɗaya “asali jirgin ruwa”. Kamar yadda sunan ya nuna, shi ne jirgin ruwa mafi sauƙi kuma mafi sauƙi don aiki ba tare da ƙware ƙwararrun ilimin tuƙi ba. Kayak wurin zama ɗaya kawai yana ba mutum ɗaya damar yin tafiya. Kayak wurin zama ɗaya kuma yana da salo guda biyu na nasa na musamman: “jirgin ruwa dandamali” da “jirgin ruwan kokfit”. Irin wannan jirgin ruwa ya haɗu da fa'idodin “jirgin ruwa mai wuya” da “inflatable jirgin ruwa”. “Jiragen ruwa masu wuya” suna shahara, wanda za'a iya harba shi kai tsaye cikin ruwa. Suma jiragen ruwa masu ɗorewa sun shahara, ana iya naɗe su lokacin da ba mu kumbura ba, wanda ya dace sosai don sufuri.
Akwai wasu bambance-bambance tsakanin “dandamali jiragen ruwa” da “kwale-kwalen kwale-kwale”, amma har yanzu suna da yawa kawai a gama. Ana kiran saman jirgin da “gida”, kasa ana kiranta da “runguma”, ana kiran baka da “baka”, kuma ana kiran kashin baya da “karshen”. Masu kera kayak ɗin wurin zama guda ɗaya sun gaya muku cewa akan “gida” za ka samu a “layin kabad” a kai. Ana amfani da waɗannan abubuwan ƙari don riƙe abubuwa kamar kwalabe na ruwa ko hasken rana. Domin saukakawa, akwai kafaffen rikewa a kan baka da kashin baya, kuma wasu kayak suna da igiyoyi a kewaye da kewaye don kamawa domin jirgin ya yi sauri ya tsaya tsayin daka. Menene ƙari, wasu kayak suna da rudders da wutsiya, kodayake waɗannan ba su da kayan aiki sosai, amma za su iya taimakawa jirgin ya yi tafiya a madaidaiciyar layi. Za mu iya tuƙa tuƙi da ƙafafu domin ya iya juya ko'ina. An ɗora fin wutsiya tare da tsakiyar layin kayak, wanda ke sa kwale-kwalen ya mike yayin da yake zagawa cikin ruwa. Duka “dandamali jiragen ruwa” da “kwale-kwalen kwale-kwale” suna da kujeru na musamman, wasu kuma suna magance matsalar ƙafafu da wuyar saka, wasu daga cikin kujerun kwale-kwale kuma suna samar da wuraren zama na baya.
Mafi bambanta fasalin “jirgin ruwan kokfit” shine kokfit. Wurin da ke kewayen gidan yana da kumburi mai riƙe da ruwa, wanda ke da fa'ida don hana ruwa shiga cikin gida lokacin tuƙi. Bugu da kari, akwai matakan kafa a cikin gidan, wanda za'a iya daidaitawa gwargwadon tsayin ƙafafu na mahaya daban-daban har zuwa mafi kyawun yanayi. Masu kera kayak ɗin wurin zama guda ɗaya sun gaya muku haka “dandamali jiragen ruwa” kuma tana ba da wuraren kafa kafa, amma wasu tsagi ne. Masu tuƙi ɗaya ɗaya na iya sanya ƙafafunsu a cikin ramuka a kowane mataki har sai sun dace daidai da bukatunsu. Waɗannan tsagagi suna da santsi kuma sun dace da cewa babu wani gyara da hannu da ake buƙata ta jirgin ruwa. Zaɓi kayak Kayak na Nishaɗi ya zo da tsayi iri-iri, don haka yana da sauƙi a sami wanda kuke so koyaushe.
