A key concern is stability/safety. We'd like to use it in the winter
months without fear of plunging into the cold Columbia.

Unless it is made of hypalon like an Avon, I'd be very wary of putting
it into cold winter waters where your life depends on it.

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Unless it is made of hypalon like an Avon, I'd be very wary of putting
it into cold winter waters where your life depends on it.



Oh, no. In cold waters, we should buy the cheapest piece of plastic crap
to save us a few dollars and die freezing WHEN, not if, it pops so the kids
will have no daddy and get the insurance money, if any.

Isn't all this about seeing how damned cheap and stupid we can be?

Same idea as the $8 PFD, right?

Larry wrote:
wrote in
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Unless it is made of hypalon like an Avon, I'd be very wary of putting
it into cold winter waters where your life depends on it.




Oh, no. In cold waters, we should buy the cheapest piece of plastic crap
to save us a few dollars and die freezing WHEN, not if, it pops so the kids
will have no daddy and get the insurance money, if any.

Isn't all this about seeing how damned cheap and stupid we can be?

Same idea as the $8 PFD, right?

It is not cold that is critical but heat. I have used a variety of
inflatables in very cold water and none have ever failed me. But leave
one without high pressure release valves in the sun on a hot day and
you'll get a PVC blanket.

We have a Sevylor "Tahiti" inflatable kayak. It is junk. Too hard to
paddle compared to any rigid boat. Worthless.

wrote:
We have a Sevylor "Tahiti" inflatable kayak. It is junk. Too hard to
paddle compared to any rigid boat. Worthless.



That would be my impression. The original poster should try paddling a
normal plastic rigid version vs a blow-up in a variety of conditions.
I doubt he'd buy the blow-up.

Don White wrote:
wrote:

We have a Sevylor "Tahiti" inflatable kayak. It is junk. Too hard to
paddle compared to any rigid boat. Worthless.



That would be my impression. The original poster should try paddling a
normal plastic rigid version vs a blow-up in a variety of conditions.
I doubt he'd buy the blow-up.
I have both an ABS canoe and an inflatable. The ABS is a much better
paddler but difficult to store in a locker. The inflatable is hardly
worthless but the price the ask for them reflects the relative value.
ABS - $1500
PVC - $150

Gary

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We have a Sevylor "Tahiti" inflatable kayak. It is junk. Too hard to
paddle compared to any rigid boat. Worthless.

We've had one of them for a decade and it's been perfect for getting out
to a mooring and other close work. It's a PITA with only one set of
paddles for exploring the anchorage very far, but I'd call it worthy of
its purpose. If I got a second set of paddles for the Admiral, I expect
we'd have a far larger range.

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