Welcome free-thinking, open-minded, not-hung-up-about-what-to-call-it, paddlers.Ye who say kayak or decked-canoe? Either way, it gets me where I want to go. Which is far away from the oppression of people who need to have everything categorized. Just give me a classic 150-year-old design recreated in a modern composite, a padded seat with a comfy, high backrest, a nice wide-open cockpit and I'm outta here.