Mā ngā waka hoe "noho ki runga" ka whakanohohia ngā kaihoe ki roto i tētahi papa tuwhera, he pūrua te rahi i runga ake i te taumata wai. Ka whakamahia tēnei momo waka mō ngā mahi ehara i te wai mā, nā te mea he uaua ki te nuinga o te tangata te noho ki roto i te waka hoe, me te ārai hoki i te waka hoe kia "hurihuri", ka taea e te kaiwhakamahi te tū tika mēnā ka huri. He painga anō hoki te noho ki runga, pērā i te kaha ki te "whakamaroke i te taupoki," he wāhanga e rere ana i te roanga o te waka hoe, hei tāpiri atu ki te whakarato i te kaha ake ki te pupuhi, ka taea e ngā kaihoe waka hoe te penapena i ngā taputapu maha. He maha ngā wā ka whakamahia e ngā "Waka hoe" e noho ana ki runga ngā "pūrua", e taea ai e te wai katoa e tomo mai ana i runga i te waka te rere mā te papa, ā, ka maroke. Mā te "momo kokopiti" "pūrua rehu" rānei ka hangaia he hiri ārai wai i te hope. He maha ngā momo waka "kokoti" e taea ai e te kaiwhakamahi te whakahaere i te waka nā te mea ka taea e rātou te pana ki ngā pakitara kia takahuri hei whakaoti i te nekehanga. Ko tētahi momo waka hoe "kāhua kokopiti" he "waka tere moana", he waka hoe poto noa iho e taea ai e te kaiwhakamahi te mahi tinihanga me te nekeneke: ko ngā "waka pupuhi" he ranunga o ngā momo tuatahi e rua. He papa tuwhera ēnei waka, engari kei raro i te papa ngā kaihoe. He maha ngā wā kāore i te pumau ēnei waka nā te mea he teitei ake tō rātou tūranga i roto i te wai. He maha ngā wā ka whakamahia i roto i ngā wāhi arumoni, ā, he maha ngā wā ka karangatia ko "Duckies." He rerekē te "tandem" ki te hoahoa motuhake o te nuinga o ngā waka hoe, he mea whakarite mō ngā kaihoe maha. Ka taea te whakamahi i ngā tandem e ngā kaihoe tokorua, e toru rānei.