Alan Braggins has left a new comment on your post "Kayak to work":
art's nearly right. In UK usage one you kneel in and use a single ended paddle is a Canadian canoe, one you sit in (or on) and use a double ended paddle is a kayak, and both kayaks and Canadian canoes are canoes.
Then there are sailing canoes....
Posted by Alan Braggins to Cyclelicious at 9/10/2007 08:41:00 AM