Spray deck
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A spraydeck is a flexible waterproof cover for a boat with a hole for the passengers' waist. Spraydecks are used to prevent water from entering the boat while allowing passengers to paddle or row.
River canoes equipped with spraydecks for rough water
A kayaker with water washing harmlessly over his stern and the rear of his spraydeck.
Spraydeck on a kayak.
Kayaker coming up from a roll, water cascading off his spraydeck.
Tuilik
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A tuilik is an Inuit watertight jacket, used when paddling a kayak. It is sealed at the face, at the wrists and around the cockpit coaming. In this way the paddler can capsize and come back upright wi
Spray deck
…passengers to paddle or row. Spraydecks are used in breaking waves, on whitewater, in inclement weather, and in splashy sports. An alternative is the tuilik. A spraydeck is made of water-tight cloth or neoprene or nylon. It is sized to fit over the opening, or cockpit, of the canoe or kayak, with holes for…
Traditional West Greenland sealskin akuilisaq (left) and tuilik (right), ~1893 drawing.
A kayaker wearing a tuiliusaq (modern neoprene tuilik), in the starting position for a siukkut tunusummillugu rolling exercise.
A hunter in 1891 wearing a sealskin tuilik with a traditional narrow fit.
Seal intestine. Rear, an Eastern Arctic garment made of summer gut; front, an Alaskan garment made of winter gut (imarnin in the Yup'ik language of the Yup'ik and Cup'ik).