Kayaks qualify...

JeffN

JeffN

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...to be in this topic? If so we're back on the water finally even if just in 2 new yaks-Hobie Revolution and a Native Manta Ray-can't wait to splash them tomorrow.

The local yak dealer is booming, front page articles and Vero is turning into a kayak haven.
 
Sure it does! I went kayaking for the my very first time last August at Lake Tahoe. I really enjoyed it. I'm planning on doing that again this year. I just wish it had a nice place to sleep......
 
Sure they do! Pup tents fit nicely inside. I got the Hobie with the flipper system and the thing flies.
 
The first and only Kayak ride I had was a wet one! I think they put the Ballast up under my hat!
 
Probably the best "bang for the buck" than anything else that floats!
 
There is virtually no waterway that can't be explored in a kayak.
 
Any experience with the newer inflatable kayaks?

We were considering one for th up coming season. It seems that they pack down nicely
 
Inflatables are great until you paddle over your 1st gator. I read about a guy in SC who had a 4'er jump on top of his yak thinking it was a log and freaked when he saw the guy and leaped off.

Eagerly awaiting delivery today from the Vero 'boat show'(about 50-60 boats and 125 kayaks).
 
I have the Walker Bay Velocity inflatable kayak. Expensive, but awesome, it is a high pressure inflatable, 6.5 psi so it feels like a rigid kayak. I take it with me everywhere, It rolls up into a small sack that I store in the mid-berth of my Regal 242 with my roll-up dingy or sometimes secured to the swim platform. I use it for just paddling around and for fishing. I love to take it out in big waves. I'll repeat what I said in an earlier thread about dingy's, buy a small rechargeable inflater to fill as far as it will then top off with the hand pump to full psi; it makes the inflation and deflation so much faster a easier.
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I borrowed an inflatable by "Eagle" and loved it all except the confinement when it came to reaching for something.
I spent the night in it, out in the middle of the lake where I could hear a Bear coming if it happend.
What a great sleep I had that night.
Yup, them things is Boats alright. The operators are just Baggage!
 
"... my very first time last August at Lake Tahoe.."

And I bet that was a bit cold too. Beautiful lake but it can'r ever get a bit warm.

I'll give it a try later this month when the New River gets a bit warmer.
 
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