Kayaks and Airstreams

[nilesrob]

Does anyone have experience with open cockpit kayaks? One of our camping neighbors have carbon boats that look like canoes but are really set up as kayaks, made by Placid Boatworks. Looks interesting. They are light, run in the mid twenties pounds, have kayak seat and foot pegs.


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[TouringDan]

Nilesrob

As a newbie kayaker I don't have any experience with open cockpit kayaks, but I looked at the website for Placid Boatworks and I like what I see. This looks like a kayak that would work well for me as I really have not needed the closed covering that kayaks have and the open kayak would be lighter and easier to load/unload than either my recreational kayak or sea kayak. They appear to be very high quality and expensive, just like Airstreams are.

Dan

[doorgunner]

those things are canoe's!!!

If you really want a canoe get a Wenonah!!! go to their website and get educated. It's the real deal. And check out the youtube channel for canoe races. These folks totally get after it. Big following on the east and up in the lakes, not so much out here on the left coast.
just my 2 cents .
and vacuum infusion has been around for a while, for placid to say they invented it.. lol

[TCwheels]

January 14th, Boardman River, Michigan

[nilesrob]

Originally Posted by doorgunner

those things are canoe's!!!

If you really want a canoe get a Wenonah!!! go to their website and get educated. It's the real deal. And check out the youtube channel for canoe races. These folks totally get after it. Big following on the east and up in the lakes, not so much out here on the left coast.
just my 2 cents .
and vacuum infusion has been around for a while, for placid to say they invented it.. lol

Thanks, doorgunner. We actually had for years a 17 foot Wenonah; great boats. I think these Placid boats are largely intended for those who need to shlep (portage), as they are light (not that the Wenonah was heavy). Still seemed interesting as a concept.

[Sky]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Lo8jOSJ0c

[HowieE]

Sky

Looks like your hip is really better

[nilesrob]

Ha! That looks like something cool to watch others so!


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[streaminwild]

Originally Posted by nilesrob

Does anyone have experience with open cockpit kayaks? One of our camping neighbors have carbon boats that look like canoes but are really set up as kayaks, made by Placid Boatworks. Looks interesting. They are light, run in the mid twenties pounds, have kayak seat and foot pegs.


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I just bought a hobie i9s from a forum member in Florida. This kayak is compact when deflated...the size of a large suitcase. Great to throw in a car or take on a airplane. The peddal system or ''mirage drive'' allows your hands to be free to fish, eat, or take pictures while still moving forward. Last Friday I tried the kayak out and had a great experience. It's pricey but well worth it. Check it out on youtube. My 2 cents

[doorgunner]

Sky;

So whats your milage so far for the year??? I'm at 851 miles, 149 shy of my 1000 mile goal for this year, You gotta be close.. are ya?

[doorgunner]

Happy New Year Paddlers !!!!

I did make my thousand miles last year, probably will not do that again.lol

And I have a boat house in the works wide enough to hold my Avocet longwise and long enough to hold a K4 longwise.. yup' lots a room, guess I'll be building something from
Bjorn Thomasson soon. Something long, narrow and fast.

[Zeppelinium]

Show us photos. The boathouse must be opposite the Sovereign parking spot. Is this going to be a climate-controlled resin-curing space?

Zep
Baidarka
Pygmy Coho
Pygmy Tern
Pygmy Osprey

[BaroloRed]

My Caravel stayed home but I took my Greenland paddle for an inspiring expedition to Antarctica. We paddled 11 times in snow, through sea ice, around incredible icebergs, near glaciers with penquins, seals and whales around us.

[BaroloRed]

That's Leon of Body Boat Blade on Orcas Island, WA. He taught us the speed launch and it's a blast.

[Hittenstiehl]

That photo is gorgeous.

So speed launching..... I watched the videos.....but wasn't sure why they would speed launch versus just standing there and getting in.

Obviously I'm a non kayaker, just wondering.

[KJRitchie]

My wife and I contemplated purchasing a kayak so we took kayak lessons. I ended rolling mine twice trying to practice turning. Wife didn't push the envelope as much but trying to get out at the shoreline she dumped herself. I could only imagine what would've happened if I had any camera gear.

Saw this at Glacier Natl Park later that summer. I think a canoe is a better fit for us in the future.

Kelvin

[Hittenstiehl]

We had our first and only (more to come hopefully) kayaking experience on Jenny Lake in Teton. It was great experience on a smooth glassy water with snow topped mountains watching over us.

We had been told if going to tandem go for a kayak versus a canoe as canoes were referred to as divorce boats. When we got to the boat rental dock they asked our preference of boats and we said the marriage boat and the laughingly signed us out a tandem kayak.

After paddling around and kind of getting the hang of it my spouse said one of the funnier comments of our marriage. In a moment of differing opinions on which direction we were going he exclaimed " for once in your life could you just follow what I'm doing". As I doubled over laughing I reminded him he was sitting in the back and surely it was easier for him to see what I was doing (paddling) in front of him.

[DaveFL]

Originally Posted by Hittenstiehl

... I reminded him he was sitting in the back and surely it was easier for him to see what I was doing (paddling) in front of him.

Many years of paddling canoes and kayaks has me laughing at your answer, even being new at it, you got it right, the person at the back is the steerer and determines the direction. Front person is just for balance and extra power.

[BaroloRed]

Originally Posted by Hittenstiehl

That photo is gorgeous.

So speed launching..... I watched the videos.....but wasn't sure why they would speed launch versus just standing there and getting in.

Obviously I'm a non kayaker, just wondering.

Speed launching is fun and one more way to become a better boat handler.