----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Dallas" <Evan_Dallas_at_notes.ntrs.com> > I'm considering buying a used folding single kayak for a longer trip this > summer flying into Alaska, then selling it afterwards (unless I end up > liking it so well, I just add it to the collection!). If you are looking for one for a longer trip, then you pretty much are down to just a handful of models. Feathercraft K-1; Klepper Aerius I; Nautiraid Raid 1 or Greenlander; Foldingcraft (Fujita) 480 or 500; Pouch E65. These all offer decent or better performance and good carrying capacity. > Does anyone have any > suggestions where I should look to find one and what a reasonable price > would be, assuming it's in decent shape. Try Ebay. My newsletter has ads but I am behind on getting it out and I give first crack to the new ones to my subscribers. However, once they have had a shot at the ads, I do make them freely available to others. I can send you the latest earlier ad page; the ads are free and so people don't always tell me when a boat is sold. Reasonable price? Folding kayaks don't depreciate all that fast or steeply. For example, a Feathercraft K-1 that is 2 years old might go for around $3,400 compared to the new price of around $4K. Same range for the Klepper of like age. A boat a half dozen years old of one of these would go for the high $2K range. The other models mentioned go new for around $2,200 to about $2,800. Depreciation is proportionate to the above ranges. So a 2-year old Nautiraid that sold originally for $2,300 might go for around $1,900 or so. There in may lie a solution for you, buy new and sell at a price that would make your effective cost not all that bad. > Can you generally take it on an > airline as regular baggage or do the airlines charge extra? Any info would > be much appreciated. They go as regular baggage with no extra charge, except that you may wind up exceeding weight or number of bag limits and then you get charged. There has been some crackdown since 9-11 by the airlines in terms of generous on letting stuff go through in terms of dimensions and weights. It is hard to tell what an airline might do; stress that it is sports equipment and that generally helps as they do not want to discourage recreational travel too much. You might want to go for models that fit in one bag. Those are the Feathercraft and Foldingcraft singles. Other models use 2 bags per boat. Foldingcraft has a nice weight for its full sized singles...about a dozen pounds lighter than the Feathercraft K-1. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 25 2003 - 11:35:53 PST
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