Opanga Canoekayak akukuuzani kuti mabwato ali ndi mbiri ya zaka masauzande ambiri ngati chida chopangira anthu komanso zoyendera.. Opanga Canoekayak amakuuzani kuti mabwato akale kwambiri padziko lapansi, mabwato akale ndi makolo a kayak zamakono.

Opanga ma Canoekayak angakuuzeni kuti kayak ndi mabwato zimagwirizana kwambiri ndi mbiri yakale. Kayaking imaphatikizapo mitundu iwiri ya mabwato, Kaya ndikuzungulira. Kayak ndi Kayak mu Chingerezi, lomwe poyambirira limatanthauza bwato la Eskimo; opanga canoekayak amakuuzani kuti kupalasa ndi Canoe mu Chingerezi, ndipo tanthauzo lake lenileni ndi bwato.
Choncho, m’madera ena a ku Ulaya ndi ku United States, kayak ndi mabwato opalasa onse pamodzi amatchedwa Canoe. Apa ndipamene mbiri ya zinthu za canoekayak imachokera.


