Hey there, kaʻa kaʻa! For those who are about to purchase a kayak of your own, this buying guide is all you need. With the aforementioned wide selection of kayak makes and models available, it can be quite overwhelming to pick one that will best serve your interests as well. Ka mua, you have to take into account your rowing purpose and skills level then select the look type. We would never row across a serene lake in the same type of boat we used to paddle away from shore. What heat of water experience do you wish to receive? Not to worry, here is a buying guide to get you the perfect kayak that fits your style best.
1. Where will you row?
The first thing you need to do when choosing a kayak is decide where it will be used. Calm waters, a vast sea, or streaming rapids? Hoʻohana ʻia nā kayak no nā mea like ʻole ma nā wahi like ʻole. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia nā Kayaks me nā lepili kumu no ke kūʻai aku, like me ka lealea, e kayak, a i ʻole ka lawaiʻa wai keʻokeʻo. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano kayak kona hoʻolālā a me nā hiʻohiʻona e like me ka hana e kū ai i waho o nā mea ʻē aʻe āu e koho ai e like me kou makemake.
1）Ka Kaʻa Leʻaleʻa: Makemake wale e hoʻomaha ma kahi loko kokoke no ke ahiahi? Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻano like i nā kayak leʻaleʻa. He mea maikaʻi hoʻi ka kayak no ka poʻe hoʻomaka no ka mea he hana maikaʻi a he māmā. ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike pehea e hana akamai ai. Akā naʻe,, ina he nui maoli ka nalu, ʻAʻole wau e manaʻo e hiki i kēia kayak leʻaleʻa maʻalahi ke mālama iā ia.
2）Ka kaʻa kai: Kūlohelohe, inā ʻoe wale nō ke kuleana o ka heʻenalu kai ma ka kayak, pono e hoʻohana i kaʻoihana kai kayak. Kaʻilikai, nalu, a he makani ikaika loa ma ka moana. He paʻakikī a paʻakikī ke kaiapuni ma ka wai no laila e ʻike pinepine ʻoe iā ʻoe iho i nā kūlana ʻike ʻole. Pela, Hiki i kahi kayak e hele mai me ka hoe a me ka ʻimi hulina hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hāʻawi i nā ikaika hou aku e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau kūlana hiki ʻole i ke kai..
3） Kayak wai keʻokeʻo – maoli – Inā makemake ʻoe i ka manaʻo o ka hoe i ka waʻa, akā makemake ʻoe e iho i kahi wai keʻokeʻo ʻāhiu a weliweli, ʻAʻole kēia no ʻoe. Pono e ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aʻe o ka paʻa a me ka ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻokele. ʻo ia, ʻaʻohe makaʻu ʻoiai ua mākaukau kā mākou mea hana no nā kūlana ʻino loa. Nā kahawai a me nā muliwaiNo ka wai keʻokeʻo, hiki ke holo ma waena o nā wikiwiki like ʻole. Eia naʻe, ʻO ka nee ʻana ma ke ʻano he haʻuki ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka hoe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma muli o ke kaulike maikaʻi loa a me ke akamai hoe.
4）Ka lawaiʻa Yak: Ka lawaiʻa yak, no kona leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa e pili ana i ka kayak – inā makemake i ka lawaiʻa co e hoʻohana i kēia ʻano. Hoʻopiha ʻia lākou me ka nui o nā pono no ka lawaiʻa e like me nā mea paʻa koʻokoʻo, nā mea heleuma a me nā hale kūʻai no kāu mau mea pono a pau. He lā maikaʻi ma ka wai me kāu Kayak lawaiʻa
2. Noho i loko a i ʻole Noho ma?
ʻO nā kayak maʻamau loa ʻo Sit in kayaks a Noho ma luna o nā kayak. Noho-i loko (maopopo ka manaʻo e noho i loko), a Noho maikaʻi ka poʻe ma luna o ka poʻe e noho ana ma ke alakaʻi. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ke ʻoki ʻia nā wāwae o ka poʻe i loko o ka hale. Loaʻa i kēia mau ʻano kayak ʻelua nā pono a me nā hemahema a hāʻawi lākou i kahi ʻano ʻike ʻokoʻa.
1）Noho-Ma nā Kaʻa:
ʻO ka CabinType o kahi hoʻolālā i loko a me ke keʻena mālama i loko noho ʻo SitIn Kayaks ʻaʻole ia e ʻeha. (hiki i na kanaka ke noho oluolu iloko). ʻOi aku ka nui o ka wai kayak ma mua o Sit-on Kay e like me kēia, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻoi aku ke kaulike! No laila, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i ka paʻa maikaʻi ʻoiai i loko o ka wai ʻino a hoʻokipa i nā kaiapuni āpau. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, Ua uhi ʻia ka loko o ka waʻa me kēia ʻano pālule ʻaʻole e pale wale i ka poʻe hoe waʻa akā e pale pū i ka wai mai ka pipi ʻana i loko.. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kayak noho i loko “cockpit”, ʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe ma nā huakaʻi lōʻihi. Akā, e hoʻāʻo ana i ka poʻe hoe waʻa. Ina e lele ka waapa ia wa, Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻolako ʻia me ka nui o ka ʻike loea e pili ana i ka hele ʻana i ka wai wikiwiki mai kahi kayak wikiwiki e paʻakikī..
2）Noho-Ma nā Kaʻa:
Noho-luna: E like me ka inoa, ke noho nei ʻoe ma luna o ka kayak a ʻaʻole i loko o ka hale kaʻa. He ʻano hull kaulua kēia papa o ka waʻa a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "Waʻa Hiki ʻole ke Pilo." Ma ka lima ʻē aʻe, ʻAʻole paʻakikī ke aʻo ʻia ʻo Sit-On kayak a no ka poʻe hoʻomaka i ka mākaukau o ka Kayaking. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou i ka wax storm, e like me na loko, muliwai, a i ʻole ke kai mālie me nā kūlana kūʻokoʻa paʻa. Ma ka wai hāmama a i ka wā anuanu, ʻAʻole paʻa ʻo Sit-On Kayaks e kūʻē i ka noho ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole a loaʻa i nā manawa kiʻekiʻe o ka capsizing. Ma ka lima ʻē aʻe, i ka wā e hoʻohuli ai i ka waʻa i kahuli ʻana he Sit-On Kayak e maʻalahi ka haʻalele ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻohe o mākou mau wāwae i nakinaki ʻia.. Hāʻawi pū ia me kahi wahi maloʻo ʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Sit-In Kayaks. E like me ka wikiō ma luna, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i nā ʻeke maloʻo a i ʻole nā pahu maloʻo ma luna o ka papahele inā pono.
Aia nā Kayak Noho Noho a aia kekahi ʻano kayak i kapa ʻia ʻo sit-on-top kayak i loaʻa nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā hoʻohana.. E like me kā mākou hoʻohana kikoʻī, kahi a mākou e makemake ai e hoʻohana ʻia a waiho i kahi waihona i kekahi manawa, hiki iā mākou ke koho i ka kayak kūpono no mākou iho.
3. Nā mea waiwai
ʻO nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia a me ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o kahi kayak hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ka lōʻihi, kumukūʻai, a me ka hana. Nā ʻano kayak like ʻole(Hiki iā ʻoe ke kuhikuhi i kēia ʻatikala kahi i kūkākūkā ai mākou i nā ʻano āpau ) 7 ʻO nā mea nui e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i kahi kumu hoʻohālike kayak maikaʻi loa
1） Kayak Thermoforming
Hana ʻia nā mea palaki a lōʻihi i ke ʻano o kahi kayak thermoformed. ʻO nā mea a pau, paʻa loa lākou a pono e hana maikaʻi no nā mea hoʻohana hoʻomaka. Akā, ʻo ia ka mea kūikawā, he kaumaha lākou a paʻakikī ke mālama a lawe ʻia. Me kekahi kōkua mai kou mau hoa e hoʻoneʻe iā lākou. Ma waho aʻe o ke kaumaha, kayak polyethylene, ʻo kahi laʻana, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o nā mea i hana ʻia me nā mea ʻē aʻe. He maʻalahi hoʻi nā kayak Thermoformed a hiki ke mālama ʻia no ka wā lōʻihi me ka pilikia ʻole, oiai lakou e malama.
2） Kaʻa kaʻa paʻa
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o nā kayak inflatable e hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka thermoformed a ua maʻalahi lākou i kūpono no ka poʻe hoʻomaka.. Hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i loko o kahi waihona ma nā wahi āpau / i kēlā me kēia manawa a mālama ʻia ka lewa ke hoʻohana ʻole ʻia, PARAMPARAM Poʻo Poʻo Kahakai. He mea maʻalahi kēia e neʻe (hiki i ke kanaka hookahi ke lawe) a me ka wikiwiki e hoʻouka. ʻO ka mea ʻili. Hana ʻia ia me PVC a i ʻole nylon, no laila maikaʻi no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa leʻaleʻa i kēlā me kēia lā Akā inā i ka wā ʻino a i ʻole nā nalu nui, ʻAʻole paʻa kēia kayak inflatable. ʻOi aku ka pōkole o ke ola a koi aku i ka mālama ʻana ma mua o nā kayak thermoformed. Pono e holoi ʻia ka Kayak, holoi ʻia, a holoi maloʻo ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka waiho ʻana.
3）Kayak hiki ke pelu
ʻO ka mua he ʻōnaehana hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a ʻo ka ʻano ʻelua he ʻōnaehana hiki ke hoʻololi. Loaʻa nā kayak modular rigid foldable system inā makemake ka mea hoʻohana i kēlā ʻano, e like me ka Oru Kayak. Ma ka pelu ana i na kayak nenoai hikiwawe, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi kiʻi lāʻau i loko o ka kayak. E hāʻule ana, akā hāʻule nā ʻelua no ka mālama ʻana i ka lewa. Ma ka lima ʻē aʻe, ʻAʻole ikaika a paʻa ka kayak hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wai keʻokeʻo a i ʻole kayak kai.
4. Ehia na hoewaa?
Me ka kayak, pehea e hoʻohana ai kekahi i nā pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia. Hiki ke hoe kayak hoʻokahi a i ʻole me ka hoa a me nā kayak he nui no nā kaʻa ʻohana. Hāʻawi lākou i ka paʻa a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka solo akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hana ʻana ma ka kayak ma muli o ko lākou nui.
ʻO ka mea mua e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike i ke koho ʻana i kāu kayak ʻo ia ka nui o nā poʻe e hoʻohana ana ia mea. He liʻiliʻi nā noho ma kahi kayak, i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ʻoi aku 4. A laila pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka nui o nā poʻe e hoʻohana nei, ma hope o laila e loaʻa nā koho o ka noho hoʻokahi, nā noho huila ʻelua a hiki i ka quad. Ua kūpono nā kayak hoʻokahi no ka hoe kanaka hoʻokahi a i ʻole nā kānaka ʻelua, a hiki i nā mea hoʻokele lehulehu ke hoʻokō i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hui pili ʻohana. Hāʻawi ka kayak 6-kanaka iā ʻoe i ka paʻa paʻa a hāʻawi i kekahi mau mea ʻoluʻolu, akā, hiki mai kēia ma ka lilo o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana iā lākou e komo i loko a i waho a me ka hoʻonui nui ʻana iā lākou.
ʻO ka mea mua e nānā ai ʻo ka noho kayak keiki vs. noho makua, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e nānā ana i nā kayak me nā keiki i loko o lākou No ka mea ʻaʻole wale ka palekana akā ʻo ka ʻoluʻolu hoʻi he mea koʻikoʻi e hiki i nā mea āpau ke noho maikaʻi ma ka noho..
He mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi e loiloi i ka nui o ke kaumaha o ka waʻa. ʻO ʻoe kāu mea hana, kou mau hoa, a me nā lako a me nā lako āu e manaʻo ai e lawe. E ʻike i ka palena paona kiʻekiʻe o kāu kayak a e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e hele nā mea āpau i kēia palena. Pono ʻoe e makaʻala e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kaumaha i paʻa ke kayak inā makemake ʻoe e noho pololei i loko o ka wai ākea..
E koho i ka helu kūpono a me ka hoʻonohonoho o nā noho mai kāu mau koi hope i loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi palekana, ʻike hauʻoli i ka wā kayak.
5. Nā lako kayak
Makemake ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea pono āu e makemake ai a makemake paha i ke koho ʻana i kahi kayak. ʻO ka mea hope loa e hoʻonui ana i nā mea pono kūpono a hāʻawi i ka pale, pū kekahi. Nā laʻana o nā lako kayak
1） Kekahi mau mea pono: na hoe a me na mea kokua
ʻO nā hoe kekahi o nā mea pono loa no ka kayak, a ʻo ke koho ʻana i ka hoe kūpono he hana koʻikoʻi ia no ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāu hana hoe. Pono ka nui a me ke kaumaha o ka hoe i kou kino a me kou ikaika, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoe me ka hoʻoikaika (akā, ʻaʻole kūpaʻa wale). I kēia manawa, ʻO nā mea kōkua koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala e like me nā ʻaʻahu ola a i ʻole nā holoholona he mea nui nō hoʻi e noʻonoʻo iki i kēia mau hana nui..
2） ʻO nā mea hana hoʻoulu a me ka hoʻohaumia
Inā ʻoe e koho i kahi kayak inflatable, e hōʻoia e hoʻohui i kahi pamu a i ʻole inflator i kāu papa inoa. E hoʻolako pono i kahi hoʻokō kūpono no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kāu kayak i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoulu i ka moku me ka wikiwiki a me ka pilikia ʻole inā pono.. I ka manawa like, Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana a me ka pelu ʻana i kāu kayak i hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama maʻalahi ma hope o ka hopena.
3）Ka Pahu a me ka Waihona Make
Ma ka ʻāina, pono e noʻonoʻo i ka lawe ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kayak wai me ka ʻole o ka paʻakikī a i ʻole ka inflatable. ʻO nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā kaʻa kaʻa he ʻano maʻamau o ka lawe ʻana no nā kayak paʻakikī, e maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana i kāu kayak mai kekahi wahi ai kekahi. Maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi e pelu no laila e koi ʻia nā kayak inflatable i kā lākou ʻeke waihona.
4） Kit a me nā mea hana e noho maloʻo a palekana ma ka wai
ʻO ka mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻeke maloʻo i kāu kayak ke hele ʻoe i ka kayak. Hiki i nā ʻeke wai a i ʻole nā kini ke lawe i nā mea waiwai e like me ka mobile a me ke kālā i hiki ke palekana mai ka hāʻule ʻana o ka wai. Pēlā nō, ʻO nā pālule wai ʻole a i ʻole nā canopies no kāu mau kayak ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e pale pū i ka wai mai ke komo ʻana i ka hana no laila e noho maloʻo ʻoe i nā nalu ʻūhā..
5）Safety and comfort equipment
Other than the fundamental essentials, there are equipment that would improve your kayaking experience and safety. Let us say you have your kayak ready but need something like a kayak trailer or rack to easily attach it onto the car or truck for transit over longer distances. The proper kayaking clothing (wetsuit or dry top) + wearing a comfortable dress underneath can keep you warm while wasting water. Eia pū pū kekahi, if you have a more complex accessory such as an aileron or stabilizer on the kayak this can help to improve maneuverability and stability of the kayak allowing for greater comfort when paddling.
Considering these factors, you can choose the one that suits your needs and have fun of water games in a kayak. ʻO mākou ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolako kayak ʻoihana e hōʻoia i loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻano kayak a me nā mea pono e hoʻokō ai i nā pono o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku.. Inā he mea hou ʻoe a i ʻole he mea aloha wai ʻike, e alakaʻi mākou iā ʻoe ma ka hopena kūpono. ʻO kā mākou huahana ke koho ʻana i ka ʻoihana, maikaʻi, a me ka lawelawe. ʻo mākou 70% Wai: E hui pū me ʻAmelika e ʻimi i nā mea hiki ʻole o kēia *Water World!
