Simplicity and freedom: Two key attributes promised by a good sit-on-top kayak—they’re simple to transport and launch from almost any point at which you can access the shore of a lake, river, bay, or ...

“I’ve come to peace with the fact that my addiction is designing new boats,” says the creative mastermind behind the sit-on-top kayak. In the late 1960s, Tim Niemier wanted a boat that didn’t exist.