No ka waʻa liʻiliʻi i hana ʻia e nā Eskimos ma Greenland. Ua wahī ʻia kēia ʻano waʻa i ka ʻili kohola a me ka ʻili ʻotter ma ka iwi iwi, a hoea me na hoe me na hoe ma na welau elua. No Kanada ka hoe ana, no laila ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka hoe ʻo Kanada.
I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻelua mau kayak waʻa i ulu mai nā waʻa. ʻO nā waʻa nā kaʻa hana wai i hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka lawaiʻa, ka hahai holoholona a me ka lawe ʻana e nā kūpuna kanaka i ka nohona kahiko.
Mai ka mea hiki ke maheleia i:
nā kayak ʻili paʻakikī, kayak pelu, kayak inflatable, etc. He paʻakikī nā kayak pūpū paʻakikī, pale ʻaʻahu a ikaika, ikaika i ka hopena, a wikiwiki i ka mama, akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana a pono e kau ʻia ma ka puka o ka hale.
He maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana i nā kayak peʻe i loko o ke kaʻa, akā paʻakikī lākou e hoʻomalu i nā wai paʻakikī a i ʻole moana, a ua maʻalahi ka hull kiʻekiʻe e ka makani a ua haʻalele ke ala o ka huakaʻi mai ke ala. Hōʻike nā mea hana kayak waʻa iā ʻoe ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona nui o nā kayak inflatable ʻo ia ka māmā a me ka lawe ʻana., akā, pōkole ko lākou ola pākaukau, māmā māmā, hoohana luhi, maikaʻi ʻole ka hopena, a me ka pilikia nui.
