Yak advice.

**mojo** · 17th October 2007, 12:03 PM

Thanks for the advice and the links guys. I think for our needs at the moment we will be happy to stay with the sit on tops, even if they are a bit slow. I can't see us spending hours on the water or paddling km's up a river, so the fairly large price jump to the better kayaks just wouldn't be justified.

Hopefully I can get some time to try a couple of them out over the next week or so - we're wanting to head to Fraser for a few days in NOvember, and I'd love to have one by then!

Cheers

Sean

mittadisco · 17th October 2007, 12:21 PM

Get one each - more fun. (But they can be a pain to transport - we have 3 on top of my subaru forester). I wouldn't want to lift them on top of a disco or defender. Check the weight before purchase.

**vnx205** · 17th October 2007, 12:25 PM

Greylandy is right. Secondhand can be a good option and they have often had little use. (Especially the SOTs

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**mojo** · 17th October 2007, 12:25 PM

We considered getting 2 singles, but I think the missus likes the idea of being able to take a break while I paddle her around like a slave ...

**mojo** · 17th October 2007, 12:27 PM

If I can find a second hand one that suits we'll definitely be interested, I'm keepng my eye out on Ebay and the Trading Post ...

**isuzurover** · 17th October 2007, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by mojo

If I can find a second hand one that suits we'll definitely be interested, I'm keepng my eye out on Ebay and the Trading Post ...

I would be interested to know what you get and if you are happy with it. We are also considering buying one. Not sure if SOT or sit in yet though.

**100I** · 17th October 2007, 04:03 PM

I'd recommend a sit in if you can stretch the $$.
Firstly, you get a wet bum and it's just not much fun anymore. You can paddle more months of the year if you're warm & dry. It won't be very long before you tackle bigger stuff (and you'll find a 10km daytrip down a river is really not a challenge at all).
FWIW my cousin bought a SOT single and we paddled down from Harry's hut to Elanda (sp) point a few months ago. She found it a real struggle to keep up with me punting my ancient and very second hand 14' flat bottomed 'glass canoe. To be fair tho, I have fitted a home made rudder with pedals and I use a surfski paddle.

If you find it a chore to push thru the water & keep it in a straight line, then you'll be less inclined to use it, so it will end up mothballed and a waste of money..

2.2c inc gst

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**Captain_Rightfoot** · 17th October 2007, 06:12 PM

I thought you wanted one of these...

**vnx205** · 17th October 2007, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

I know I would LUUUURVVV one of those timber jobbies but they are far to exxy and we decided to put our spare cash into Landies....I mean...you can't do EVERYTHING

Are these what you mean by those timber jobbies?
They weren't expensive, just time consuming to build.
Each cost less than $400 for materials but took 150-200 hours.

**p38arover** · 17th October 2007, 07:38 PM

I, too, immediately thought of Yakovlev aircraft See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev

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