ʻO kahi noho hoʻokahiʻo Kayak kahiʻano punahele o ka wai, ka mea i hoʻomaka e ulu mālie i ko mākou ʻāina. Nui ka poʻe makemake e hoʻolimalima kayak ma ka loko e pāʻani ai. Nui paha ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole i kēia haʻuki, no laila, i kēia lā e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe i kahi ʻike liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka kayak noho hoʻokahi.
Kāhea ʻia ka kayak noho hoʻokahi “moku kumu”. E like me ka inoa o ka inoa, ʻo ia ka waʻa maʻalahi a maʻalahi loa e hana me ka ʻole o ka ʻike nui ʻana i ka ʻike holo moku. Hoʻokahi kaʻa noho hoʻokahi wale nō ka mea e hoe ai. Loaʻa ʻelua ʻano kayak noho hoʻokahi o kāna huaʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa: “waʻa paepae” a “waapa cockpit”. Hoʻohui kēia ʻano waʻa i nā pono o “moku paakiki” a “waapa inflatable”. “Nā waʻa paʻa” kaulana, hiki ke hoʻokuʻu pololei ʻia i loko o ka wai. Ua kaulana nō hoʻi nā waʻa pahū, hiki iā lākou ke pelu ʻia inā ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻonui ʻia, kahi kūpono loa no ka lawe ʻana.
Aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa ma waena “nā moku anuu” a “nā moku cockpit”, aka, he nui wale na mea like. Ua kapa ʻia ka luna o ka waʻa “hale kaʻa”, kapaia ka lalo o ka “hull”, ua kapaia ke kakaka “kakaka”, a ua kapaia ka hope o ka “hopena”. ʻO nā mea hana kayak noho hoʻokahi e haʻi iā ʻoe ma ka “hale kaʻa” e ʻike ʻoe i kahi “laina kaʻa” ma luna o laila. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mea hou e paʻa i nā mea e like me nā ʻōmole wai a i ʻole ka pale lā. No ka maʻalahi, aia nā lima lawe paʻa ma ke kakaka a me ka hope, a he mau kaula ko kekahi mau kayak a puni ka ʻāpana no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i hiki koke i ka waʻa ke paʻa. He aha hou aʻe, ʻO kekahi mau kayak he hoeuli a me nā peʻa huelo, ʻaʻole naʻe i lako pono kēia mau mea, akā hiki iā lākou ke kōkua maikaʻi i ka waʻa e hele ma kahi laina pololei. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokele i ka hoʻokele me ko mākou mau wāwae i hiki iā ia ke huli i nā ʻaoʻao āpau. Kau ʻia ka huelo ma ka laina waena o ka kayak, ka mea mālama pono i ka waʻa i kona holo ʻana i loko o ka wai. ʻelua “nā moku anuu” a “nā moku cockpit” loaʻa nā noho kūikawā, ʻO kekahi o ia mau mea e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia o ko mākou mau wāwae paʻakikī ke kau, a me kekahi o na noho waapa, he mau kua.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa loa o ka “waapa cockpit” ʻo ia ka cockpit. ʻO ke anapuni o ke keʻena he puʻupuʻu mālama wai, he mea pono e pale aku i ka wai mai ke komo ʻana i loko o ke kaʻa i ka wā e hoe ana. Kahi mea hou aʻe, aia nā wāwae wāwae i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka hale, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia e like me ka lōʻihi o nā wāwae o nā mea hoe a hiki i ke kūlana maikaʻi loa. 'Ōlelo nā mea hana kayak noho hoʻokahi iāʻoe “nā moku anuu” hoʻolako pū i nā wahi no nā wāwae wāwae, aka, he mau awawa lakou. Hiki i nā mea hoe waʻa pākahi ke kau i ko lākou mau wāwae i loko o nā awāwa ma nā pae āpau a hiki i ko lākou kūpono ʻana e like me ko lākou pono. He maʻalahi a maʻalahi kēia mau ʻauwaʻa ʻaʻole koi ʻia ka hoʻoponopono lima e ka mea hoe. E koho i kahi kayak Hiki mai nā kayak leʻaleʻa i nā ʻano lōʻihi, no laila ua maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea āu i makemake mau ai.
