sit on top kyaks, who's got one ?
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I've got a couple of Galaxy Cruz Sit on tops very stable and good fun great for fishing with hand lines in the summer
cheers Russ
cheers Russ
Ocean prowler 15, love it. Big beast but tracks and moves well, get used to it and it is very manouverable. With a recently opened footpath only about 5-ten minutes walking with the kayak on its trolley to the sea. last time I was out on it I was so at home that a snooze would have been certain except for the thought that one was out in the boating if not the shipping lane. Certainly one passes close to large yachts.
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Got a pimped up Tarpon 120 Angler, had it for about 5 years, love it.
Use it almost weekly, a little less in the spring/fall, but in the summer almost daily.
Not serious fishing, but the relaxing kind. Also make little trips on it, nights on empty islands etc.
Loads of stuff fits and still quite ok to paddle.
For a bloke a bigger size, with even more space, is not a bad idea.
Use it almost weekly, a little less in the spring/fall, but in the summer almost daily.
Not serious fishing, but the relaxing kind. Also make little trips on it, nights on empty islands etc.
Loads of stuff fits and still quite ok to paddle.
For a bloke a bigger size, with even more space, is not a bad idea.
Thanks for all the advice folks. I sold my canoe last year, & miss it, so was thinking about getting a couple of these one for me & one for the good lady. We have storage space so 2's not a problem, so please keep the idea's coming.
Rob
Rob
What do you want it to do? Carry loads, be stable, be fast, be a plattform for shooting (game or photo), fishing, other stuff?
If I had money I'd go for the UL version of the Tarpon, but got to go with what I have and since I use it mostly for fishing near the shore and only occational trips and even then max. 5 miles at a go, it works for me, am not in a hurry.
http://www.wildernesssystems.com/kayaks/tarpon/tarpon-120-ultralite
If I had money I'd go for the UL version of the Tarpon, but got to go with what I have and since I use it mostly for fishing near the shore and only occational trips and even then max. 5 miles at a go, it works for me, am not in a hurry.
http://www.wildernesssystems.com/kayaks/tarpon/tarpon-120-ultralite
If you are after stability have a look at the ocean kayak prowler big game. I have been out fishing in some quite lumpy seas and found it a great fishing platform. tracks and paddles well.
It will be day trips, we have canoed on the sea(only when its calm !)canals lakes & rivers, all fairly low key stuff. I started to feel guilty going off on my own, so want to include my wife then maybe she might try camping as well...maybe....
Rob
Rob
WS ride has even more loading capability and stability, would easily take a picnic "hamper", hobo stove, change of clothes, fishing gear and all you can imagine and still be ok to paddle. Later on if need be it can hold the gear for a long weekend and a puppy :-D
Ocean Kayak Sidekick for me and a Frenzy for the Pink one
Brilliant bits of kit easy to remount if it tosses you off, but very stable and will carry quite a lot…...
After threading The Needles
With the Salty Seadog aboard
Brilliant bits of kit easy to remount if it tosses you off, but very stable and will carry quite a lot…...
After threading The Needles
With the Salty Seadog aboard
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Hi Woof.
Used to do a bit of kayak fishing a few years back.
Had a few kayaks, Prowler 13, Prowler 15, and my all time Favourite the good old Scrambler XT.
Here's a write up I did a few years ago.
http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/authors/kayak01.htm
Used to love a paddle about and spent some quality time having fun
Used to do a bit of kayak fishing a few years back.
Had a few kayaks, Prowler 13, Prowler 15, and my all time Favourite the good old Scrambler XT.
Here's a write up I did a few years ago.
http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/authors/kayak01.htm
Used to love a paddle about and spent some quality time having fun
Rob
In 2013 I bought my son a sit on Feel Free Corona kayak, he is 6' 2" & 85 kg it takes him and both of my grand children & my daughter their mother at the same time. or son & my 120kg self, very stable even in a decent swell. It lives with my daughter in Poole
My original post http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110235&highlight=sit+on+kayak
In 2013 I bought my son a sit on Feel Free Corona kayak, he is 6' 2" & 85 kg it takes him and both of my grand children & my daughter their mother at the same time. or son & my 120kg self, very stable even in a decent swell. It lives with my daughter in Poole
My original post http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110235&highlight=sit+on+kayak
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I've got 4 of them
Emotion Tandemonium
And I can't remember the other
two two seaters and a small single, the big one is big, it's had 3 adults and 3 kids and been fine.
We had a old town tripper XL but played on the river less and less and the sit on tops are brill on the ocean for me and the family (7 of us)
Emotion Tandemonium
And I can't remember the other
two two seaters and a small single, the big one is big, it's had 3 adults and 3 kids and been fine.
We had a old town tripper XL but played on the river less and less and the sit on tops are brill on the ocean for me and the family (7 of us)
