Has anyone had any experience with Prijon kayaks. They are made from a difference type of plastic- I think its called HTP and are much more rigid than poly. Around here the WW boats have a good reputation. A friend of mine rented a Seayak and is thinking of getting one. Are these any better long term than other plastic boats? Any feedback on performance issues? thanks- Walt Chudleigh *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I paddled one at the Captiva Florida symposium a couple years ago. It did fine in the Mangrove swamp and the Gulf of Mexico surf. :) Jim Meldrum Alberta, Canada > Has anyone had any experience with Prijon kayaks. > > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Meldrum" <meldrum_at_yourfuture.ab.ca> > > Has anyone had any experience with Prijon kayaks. I owned a ww prijon T-SLALOM for years. Construccion is excellent. There are 2 major technics for plastic boats. Perception, for example uses the ROTATIONAL MOLDING process. The mold is part of a mechanism that rotates while rocking the extremes up and down. This is put into the oven so the plastic melts and distributes uniformerly all along the mold. Prijon uses other method. They inject the melt plastic into the mold with air pressure. The result is a kayak with more dense and strong walls but also heavier. While former rotomolded kayaks don´t let repair (related with the linear molecular arrangement of the kind of polyethylene they use), prijon´s plastic is cross linked accepting repairs. You just melt new plastic into the damaged zone, previously heated, and they perfectly mix. Excuse my non-academical explanation but the concept is ok. Maybe someone else with more english than myself would be able to explain it far better. Best regards and have fun Fernando López Arbarello uktkayak_at_interar.com.ar *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Walt: I have a Prijon Seayak (4 years old) that has taken a real beating. Surf, oyster beds, rock, etc. - no problems. It isn't the lightest weight and though I paddle often without using the rudder this boat needs it at times, particularly following seas. The plastic is tough and Wildwasser has given EXCEPTIONAL customer service. At 10:25 AM 2/3/2000 -0700, you wrote: >Has anyone had any experience with Prijon kayaks. They are made from a >difference type of plastic- I think its called HTP and are much more rigid >than poly. Around here the WW boats have a good reputation. A friend of mine >rented a Seayak and is thinking of getting one. Are these any better long >term than other plastic boats? Any feedback on performance issues? > > > > > >thanks- > > > > > >Walt Chudleigh > > > > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not >to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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