Abavelisi be-Kayak Spray Skirt bakuxelela imvelaphi yebhola ye-kayak Umdlalo we-kayak unokulandelwa emva kwe-1880s.. Kuthiwa kwi 1880, abantu babehleli kwii-emele ezinemihombiso yamahashe eHunter’s Wharf eGrafort, eSkotlani, usebenzisa iiPaddles ezimfutshane zokubheqa kunye nokuleqa ibhola ekhatywayo emanzini, ukudlala imidlalo elwandle, eyiprototype yepolo yamanzi yekayak yanamhlanje.
Iimbaleki zinxiba i-Kayak Spray Skirts ukuphepha ukungena kwamanzi ekhabhathini. Isigqubuthelo esingangeni manzi sisonga ngokuqinileyo esinqeni kwaye sibotshelelwe kwincam ye-hatch kwicala le-cockpit ngeentambo ezilastiki.. Intambo yokukhulula iyafuneka ukususa isigqubuthelo esingangeni manzi kwi-hatch.
Umvelisi we-Kayak Spray Skirt ukuxelela ukuba isigqumathelo sangaphambili esingangeni manzi senziwe ngeseyile, ubukhulu becala yenziwe ngeNeoprin (ilaphu lokuntywila), kodwa umphetho ongaphandle wawuwenziwe nge-latex okanye i-DuPont Vera fiber, eyomelele ngakumbi kwaye kungekho lula ukuyiqhawula. Abavelisi be-Kayak Spray Skirt bakuxelela ukuba ukufaka isigqubuthelo esikhusela amanzi kwisikhephe kuthatha ukuziqhelanisa. Ukuhlala kwi-kayak, beka i-elastic straps kwi-edge of hatch kufuphi nomva, emva koko sebenzisa izandla zozibini ukubeka ngononophelo isigqubuthelo sokuthintela amanzi ngeenxa zonke, ndidlule esinqeni. Okulandelayo, bamba macala omabini esigqumathelo esingangeni manzi ukusuka ngaphambili kwaye ungqiyame phambili ukusihuka kumphetho ongaphambili wehatshi.. Ekugqibeleni, songela ibhanti ye-elastic ecaleni. Khangela ukuba intambo yokukhulula ingaphandle kwaye ayibanjwanga phantsi kwesigqubuthelo esingenamanzi.
