Re: [Paddlewise] 1st Kayak for 6 yr old---AND---She Needed a Rudder

At 04:15 AM 9/25/01 -0700, Matt Broze wrote:
>   Joe P. wrote:
><SNIP>>>>  Since you're in South Jersey, there's a livery outfitter called
>"Kayak
>King" down there in the Pine Barrens who builds kayaks especially for
>children.  They're not expensive, either.  Sorry, no phone number to hand
>but it should be in the Yellow Pages somewhere....<<<<<<
>
>Got this from a Google search:
>Kayak King
>PO Box 17
>New Gretna, NJ 08224
>(609) 296 8002
>
>Had this in my database (and I'd gotten the info from Oct. 95 Sea Kayaker
>magazine):
>
>KAYAK KING INC:Don Bragg (Olympic gold medallist--note: pole vault 1960)
>P.O.Box 171, New Gretna,  NJ  08244,  (800) 682-8002
>  Kidwee (7-6) (fiberglass kid's kayak)   introduced before 1995
>($249-says Oct.95 SKMag)  25" wide  90" long   cockpit 24" x 12"


I haven't heard of that one.  I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned EPI 
(Englehart Products, Inc) yet.  They've been making kayaks for kids for a 
few years now.  They've finally created a website too:
http://www.emc-epi.com/epi.html



>This brings up the woman Dave Kruger says needed the rudder on the Pygmy
>Osprey.

Speaking of Pygmy, they make a kit called a Golden Eye 10 (10' long, 17.5" 
wide) that is targeted to children.  Although, for a 9 year old, the Golden 
Eye 13 might be a better choice.  Not only would the kid have his own boat, 
but building a boat with your child would likely be a great experience and 
what nine year old would not be proud to paddle a kayak he built himself.

>I spent Saturday and Sunday at the Symposium testing 57 more kayaks and
>still didn't get to all of them that were available  to me there (that I
>hadn't paddled before). Friday afternoon and evening I spent measuring kayak
>dimensions. This compulsion to try everything is getting out of hand!

I need a kayak testing fix.  I didn't make it to a large symposium this 
year so most of the new kayaks I tried this year were owned by friends.


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