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Kayak help please
I can't answer your question about inflatable kayaks but I can tell you that
you should be able to put a hard shell kayak on your civic. I encourage you to look at used boats. I currently own four and have owned three other boats, all purchased used. Brian Blankinship |
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Kayak help please
Local clubs, retailers or instruction companies selling off last years boats,
www.paddling.net, this newsgroup, paddlewise.net... |
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Kayak help please
andrei wrote: (Gene Cosloy) wrote in message . com... (Blankibr) wrote in message ... I can't answer your question about inflatable kayaks but I can tell you that you should be able to put a hard shell kayak on your civic. I encourage you to look at used boats. I currently own four and have owned three other boats, all purchased used. Brian Blankinship Hi Brian, Aside from Ebay, where else do you recommend looking for a used sea kayak? Thanks, Gene Simply put: Wilderness System's Tarpon 100. Length: 10ft Weight: 50lbs Costs: less than 500 bucks (with paddle and built-in backrest) For a product review - look he http://www.paddling.net/Reviews/show...html?prod=1155 These are FANTASIC sit-on-top recreational kayaks, ideal for beginners. Down where I live (Florida) they are selling like crazy, the stores sell them within days of gettin them. I got one, then I got my wife one and we love it. I enthusiastically reccommend it to anyone. And the stores up here sell lots of Swiftys, Pungos and Experiences. Like the Tarpon, they're all short, wide, slower-than-death and basically only suitable for splashing around on flat water. If that's what you plan to do, they're fine, but if you have anything more ambitious in mind, you'd be better off with a longer, narrower, more seaworthy boat. -- Regards Brian |
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Kayak help please
Brian Nystrom wrote in message ...
andrei wrote: (Gene Cosloy) wrote in message . com... (Blankibr) wrote in message ... I can't answer your question about inflatable kayaks but I can tell you that you should be able to put a hard shell kayak on your civic. I encourage you to look at used boats. I currently own four and have owned three other boats, all purchased used. Brian Blankinship Hi Brian, Aside from Ebay, where else do you recommend looking for a used sea kayak? Thanks, Gene Simply put: Wilderness System's Tarpon 100. Length: 10ft Weight: 50lbs Costs: less than 500 bucks (with paddle and built-in backrest) For a product review - look he http://www.paddling.net/Reviews/show...html?prod=1155 These are FANTASIC sit-on-top recreational kayaks, ideal for beginners. Down where I live (Florida) they are selling like crazy, the stores sell them within days of gettin them. I got one, then I got my wife one and we love it. I enthusiastically reccommend it to anyone. And the stores up here sell lots of Swiftys, Pungos and Experiences. Like the Tarpon, they're all short, wide, slower-than-death and basically only suitable for splashing around on flat water. If that's what you plan to do, they're fine, but if you have anything more ambitious in mind, you'd be better off with a longer, narrower, more seaworthy boat. Brian is absolutely correct (although "slower-than-death" is a rather exagerated). If you want something more "ambitious", something faster, or something for white water - get something else but not a Tarpon (or similiar). Tarpons & Co. are RECREATIONAL kayaks for (almost) flat water. You should keep this in mind when making a choice. Hope you find the right one! |
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