I love kayaking, it requires the use of a kayak as you can imagine, which is a small, narrow watercraft.
Yeah I've seen them, can you tell me more about them.
They have an interesting history, they were actually used by the indigenous Aleut, Inuit, and Yupik in the subarctic regions of the world.
Really, how old is the kayak.
I don't know exactly, but if they were used by the Inuit and even Ainu, probably at least a thousand years old or more.
Yeah they must have been around for a while.  Do you know why they were made for?
Well if they were used by hunters I would assume it's because they were easier to build and manuever than a full-sized boat, and they probably hunted fish with them.
That makes sense I know they are small so they can fit in shallow water were bigger boats cant make it.
". Kayaks are also being sailed, as well as propelled by means of small electric motors, and even by outboard gas engines.
The kayak was first used by the indigenous Aleut, Inuit, Yupik and possibly Ainu hunters in subarctic regions of the world.
History.
Kayaks (Inuktitut: "qajaq" (ᖃᔭᖅ ), Yup'ik: "qayaq" (from "qai-" "surface; top"), Aleut: "Iqyax") were originally developed by the Inuit, Yup'ik, and Aleut
the Siberian coast line by the Yupik and then transformed from the open canoe, via the Aleut and Inuit, into an enclosed kayak. The first boats made were hard to sink because they contained inflated seal bladders, which made them ideal for navigating whitewater.
The Greek, Herodotus, 484-425 BC, wrote in his travel diaries about boats with which merchandise was brought from Armenia to Babylon. The boats were made of a wooden framework that was covered with animal skins. Mules hauled the precious skins back to Armenia