At the recent Kayak Festival held at the James Island County Park in Charleston, S.C., I paddled some Seaward Kayak's and really likes the "Luna" model. I have been trying to find some retailers in the S.E. USA region particularly in North Florida, and East Coast U.S.A. without much luck that carries Seaward kayaks as I would like to demo their kayaks again before making a decision to purchase or not. Do any readers know of dealers, locak Kayak stores in the area that carries the Seaward line of kayaks. Thanks. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 04:10 PM 4/22/02 -0400, Jeff Rowland wrote: > At the recent Kayak Festival held at the James Island County Park in >Charleston, S.C., I paddled some Seaward Kayak's and really likes the "Luna" >model. I have been trying to find some retailers >in the S.E. USA region particularly in North Florida, and East Coast U.S.A. >without much luck that carries >Seaward kayaks as I would like to demo their kayaks again before making a >decision to purchase or not. > >Do any readers know of dealers, locak Kayak stores in the area that carries >the Seaward line of kayaks. A good friend of mine is a Seaward dealer but that's in Ithaca, NY. I've paddled all of the Seaward models (except the new Chilco and the Discover series) and the little Luna is one of my favorites. The Seaward website has always had a dealer listing section so I went to check it out and found that they've changed their web site yet again. The first thing I noticed was that the entry page has links to three main links, one for the Seaward models, one for their Discovery series (their lower cost series), and one for Nigel Foster kayaks. I'd heard rumors that Seaward was going to be distributing and/or manufacturing Nigel's boats and this kind of confirms it. Unfortunately, the link to www.nigelfosterkayaks.com went to a page indicating that it was still under construction. Even more unfortunately, the site doesn't work with Netscape. You'll need Internet Explorer to navigate the site. In any case, once I went to the site using IE it showed two dealers in Florida. Sanibel Harbour Marina 15051 Punta Rassa Rd. Ft. Myers FL , 33908 Phone: 941-454-0141 Fax: Email: sojoshm_at_aol.com Website: Bill Jacksons Inc. 9501 US 19 North Pinellas Park FL , 33782 Phone: 727-576-4169 Fax: Email: adventure_at_billjacksons.com Website: www.billjacksons.com BTW, my friend uses his Seaward boats as part of his rental fleet. The Luna is good for smaller paddlers, and the Vision/Navigator good for larger paddlers. The most popular model though seems to be the Tyee. Everyone that paddles the Tyee seems to like it. If you didn't get a chance to paddle an Endeavor I highly recommend it. I also like the Quest. For a boat that is 19' long it's quite maneuverable. For anyone considering a Current Designs Extreme or Expedition, a test paddle of the Quest would be worth the trouble of trying to find one. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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