Thanks again for all the help that has been offered here as I look for my first
kayak. Based on what has been said today I have decided against an inflatable
and decided to purchase a used recreational kayak. At first glance, the term
"recreational kayak" made me think of the cheap crappy boats they rent out at
the town pond, but after a little searching I have found that there are some
used recs available for under $500 that would suit my purposes just fine. My
main interest is to explore the islands of Long Island Sound on kayaking
journeys that would last no longer than 4 hours at a time. I have found a
number of online message boards where people sell used kayaks including E-bay
and onwatersports.com. Does anyone know of any others?

Chris

ospam (Chris) writes:

Thanks again for all the help that has been offered here as I look for my first
kayak. Based on what has been said today I have decided against an inflatable
and decided to purchase a used recreational kayak. At first glance, the term
"recreational kayak" made me think of the cheap crappy boats they rent out at
the town pond, but after a little searching I have found that there are some
used recs available for under $500 that would suit my purposes just fine. My
main interest is to explore the islands of Long Island Sound on kayaking
journeys that would last no longer than 4 hours at a time. I have found a
number of online message boards where people sell used kayaks including E-bay
and onwatersports.com. Does anyone know of any others?

Look for outfitters in your area who rent decent boats. Often
they'll sell some of them off at the end of the season, and you can
get a good deal on a decent boat.

A local outfitter is also a good place to get info about where would
be appropriate to take your boat. The Sound, while somewhat
protected, is a pretty big body of water IIRC.

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Check out the Classified section.

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Okay - I checked out the Classified Section; what am I supposed to see
there??


Hi, Rob, I cannot resist, "THING FOR SALE" , Cheeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz
Wiiiizzzz................LOLOLOLOL


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"Keep a Paddle in the Water at All Times"

hobbit91 wrote:

Okay - I checked out the Classified Section; what am I supposed to see
there??


You were looking for sources for used boats, weren't you?

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"hobbit91" wrote in :

Okay - I checked out the Classified Section; what am I supposed to see
there??

Lots of kayaks for sale...

First eliminate those that are out of your price range.

Then eliminate those for which the cost of shipping would be prohibitive.

Then eliminate those which indicate that they are whitewater boats.

With a web search you can look up the names of any remaining to see if it
looks like the kind of boat that you want.

This one would fit...

(NY) drastically reduced - prijon seayak - excellent condition-labor day
weekend - catskill, ny - $500. - double hatches& great riggings, tracking
neil 518.945.2828 -- Submitted by: neilsilver

That post was in response to a question regarding used boats. Apparently,
you missed the beginning of the thread.

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hobbit91 wrote:

No, I wasn't - I was responding to your original post - see below:

"hobbit91" wrote in message
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Okay - I checked out the Classified Section; what am I supposed to see
there??

Rob


"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
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Check out the Classified section.

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in article , Brian Nystrom at
wrote on 9/1/03 9:30 AM:

That post was in response to a question regarding used boats. Apparently,
you missed the beginning of the thread.

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hobbit91 wrote:

No, I wasn't - I was responding to your original post - see below:

"hobbit91" wrote in message
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Okay - I checked out the Classified Section; what am I supposed to see
there??

Rob


"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
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Check out the Classified section.

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I think we all missed it, Brian. I can't find it. It looks like perhaps
you changed the subject line because it does appear that your post titled
"www.paddling.net" was the first in the thread. No big deal, just made some
of us wonder. What with you being "insane" and all... ;-)

Dave Van wrote:



I think we all missed it, Brian. I can't find it. It looks like perhaps
you changed the subject line because it does appear that your post titled
"www.paddling.net" was the first in the thread.

Yeah, I did change the title.

No big deal, just made some
of us wonder. What with you being "insane" and all... ;-)

Shhhh! Don't let the word get out. ;-)

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