Editing Kayaking (section)

===Types of kayaks===
"Sit on top" kayaks place the paddler in an open, shallowly concave deck above the water level. This style is usually used for non-white water activities as most find it harder to stay inside the kayak while also preventing them from "rolling" which allows the user to upright themselves if they flip over. There are some benefits to sit on tops such as the ability for a "dry hatch" these are a compartment, that usually runs the length of the kayak, which in addition to providing more buoyancy allows for the kayaker to store various equipment. "Sit on top" kayaks often use "through holes" which allows any water that got in the boat to make it through the deck and dry hatch to drain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why a sit-on-top kayak?|url=http://www.oceankayak.com/innovation/why_a_sit_on_top/|publisher=Ocean Kayak|access-date=July 18, 2015}}</ref> "Cockpit style" involves sitting with the legs and hips inside the kayak hull with a [[spray deck]] or "spray skirt" that creates a water-resistant seal around the waist. There is a wide range of "cockpit style" boats which usually allow for more user control of the boat as they are able to push against the walls of the boat to tip in order to complete maneuvers. A common variant of "cockpit style" kayaks are "play boats" these are usually very short kayaks in which the user does tricks and maneuvers: "Inflatables" are a hybrid of the two previous configurations; these boats have an open deck, but the paddler sits below the level of the deck. These boats are often subject to more instability due to the way the boat sits higher in the water. They are often used in a more commercial setting, they are often affectionately called "Duckies". "Tandems" are configured for multiple paddlers, in contrast to the single person designs featured by most kayaks. Tandems can be used by two or even three paddlers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kayaking News|url=http://www.paddlelakeerie.com|website=Paddle Lake Erie|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>