[Paddlewise] KajakSport - Artisan Millenium

From: TMitchell <tmitchell_at_hekizan.com

I'll be getting a longer boat to either replace or supplement my well used
Romany.  Has anyone paddled the KS Millenium?  Thoughts?  Boats I've
owned/paddled that might be comparable are the PH Sirius & Capella, NDK
Explorer, Nordkapp and Mariner II and Express.


Hello T, et al.

I think the boat volume of Artisan Millennium is way much more than in
these other boats you mention.

Millennium is a good boat, but it is really big. If you are considering a
Sirius, the difference is huge. I paddle a Romany Explorer (and have also
paddled Sirius which i s a little bit too small for me, Mordkapp, which
is ok, and Nordkapp Jubilee, which is a littel bit too big because the
front deck is quite high) and would like to point out that
the volume
difference between those two is massive. In my kayak I sit tightly, in the
Millennium I roll around in the seat and cockpit.
The cockpit is quite large (I cannot remember if you can order one
with small cockpit).

The main thing was, that Millennium tended to turn sidewise in bigger
waves and bigger winds. But note, that I think I am too small for the boat.
Turning it is difficult, my hands are too short to turn it easily (I did
not have a rudder only a skeg). I paddled about 70 km in quite bad
weather with the boat loaded with weekend gear for camping.

But if you are really big like two meters tall and heavy enough, it might
be good. It is easy to pack, the seat is really good, the hatches big and
watertight, and also the boat is well made and well designed for the
right sized persons. It is very stable also.

Anna Leena Lind
alli_at_iki.fi

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