Petersburg Alaska, where I now live, is at the north end of the Wrangel Narrows and when the tide is ebbing and the north wind blows the surfing waves roll! I am thinking of buying either a short sea kayak (i.e. a Looksha Sport) or a river kayak to go play in the surf. Any recommendations? Bob *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Petersburg Alaska, where I now live, is at the north end of the Wrangel > Narrows and when the tide is ebbing and the north wind blows the surfing > waves > roll! I am thinking of buying either a short sea kayak (i.e. a Looksha > Sport) > or a river kayak to go play in the surf. Any recommendations? Bob, While a short sea kayak will do the trick in the surf (my favorite is the Coaster) I think that you will find much more satisfaction in a whitewater boat for more serious surf play. Not to mention the fact that you can usually pick up a WW boat, used or even new, for a fraction of the price of your typical sea kayak. In the surf a sea kayak is to a WW boat roughly what a WW boat is to a high performance surf boat or waveski. I think even an old Dancer would be more fun then a sea kayak in the surf. There is really only so much you can do with a sea kayak in the surf. After that it just gets boring. Just my opinion, for what it's worth, Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 1/29/2003 7:35:28 PM Central Standard Time, KiAyker_at_aol.com writes: > There is really only > so much you can do with a sea kayak in the surf. After that it just gets > boring. > Been awhile since I surfed my seakayak purposely. I have a Prijon Chopper WW boat for that. The Chopper is not the ideal surfing boat as its round bilge is not much fun if you are really interested in maneuvers and down wave performance. On the river our group shares anxiety's: I don't have as much fun surfing waves as they do but they can't keep up with me on flatwater sections. Nor can they get as many waves at the beach as I do. But, what it does offer is a long waterline for in and out ease to the waves and a hellacious (sorry, Rev.) hull speed. I paid 300 bucks for used one and it is a good generalists boat for down river and surfing. It is an easy boat to learn alot of things in and though I'll add to the fleet with a playboat, I'll keep the Chopper for all around use. Just an opinion, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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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