Kusiyanitsa pakati pa kayak ndi bwato ndi malo okhala pa paddle ndi kuchuluka kwa masamba pa bolodi. Kayak ndi bwato lamadzi otsika momwe wopalasayo amakhala moyang'ana kutsogolo ndi miyendo kutsogolo, pogwiritsa ntchito zopalasa kukoka mbali inayo kutsogolo kapena kumbuyo, kenako kuzungulira. Ma kayak ambiri ali ndi malo otsekedwa, ngakhale ma kayak okhala ndi inflatable ayambanso kutchuka.
Kayak amathanso kugawidwa molingana ndi kapangidwe kawo ndi zida zopangira. Kapangidwe kalikonse kali ndi zabwino zake zakezake, kuphatikiza magwiridwe antchito, kuwongolera, kukhazikika komanso kalembedwe kake. Kayak amatha kupangidwa ndi zitsulo, magalasi a fiberglass, matabwa, pulasitiki, nsalu, ndi nsalu zophikidwa bwino monga PVC kapena mphira, zomwe ndi zodula masiku ano, koma nthenga za carbon fiber. Chilichonse chilinso ndi zabwino zake, kuphatikiza mphamvu, kulimba, kusuntha, kusinthasintha, kukana kwa UV ndi zofunikira zosungira. Mwachitsanzo, kayak zamatabwa zimatha kupangidwa kuchokera ku zida kapena kumangidwa ndi manja. Stitches ndi zomatira, plywood kayak akhoza kukhala opepuka kuposa zinthu zina zilizonse, kupatula chimango chimene chimamatira pakhungu. Ma kayak opangidwa kuchokera ku nsalu zopepuka amaphwanyika, ndi osavuta kunyamula ndi kusunga, ndipo amawonedwa kuti ndi olimba komanso olimba kuposa mabwato olimba.