Check out parking lots near any beach in North America—doesn’t matter if it’s a river, lake, or ocean—and there will be every manner of self-propelled watercraft being unloaded—sometimes precariously—from a roof rack or trailer.
Canoes, river kayaks, sea kayaks and stand-up paddle boards are the most popular, but these days, surf-skis (long, pointy, high-performance boats), sit-on-top kayaks, windsurfers/foil boards and outrigger canoes have joined the nautic...more