Re: [Paddlewise] Are Sea Kayaks Seaworthy?

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:44:21 -0700, "Scott Hilliard"
<kiayker_at_sbcglobal.net> said:

>    Are these people related to Timmy? :-)
> 
> http://www.wavewalk.com/KAYAK%20SEAWORTHINESS.html


For what I see as the target market, fishing and placid stream
exploration, I think the wavewalk boat is a better design than most of
big open cockpit recreational boats.  The boat does have 6 rod holder
mounting locations for the avid fisherman....  The 274 cm paddle would
take some getting used to.  There might be just a little hyperbole in
some of their promotion...

Rescuing the boat when it goes over could be a real challenge, either as
a self or assisted rescue.

For the waves that I was playing in yesterday I expect it would have
been quickly inverted.  

I understand in the sailing community the multihull designers/owners are
looked at as a bit of a crazy offshoot of sailing.  I think the
waterwalker is out in the same fringe.  

Locally we have a sailing multihull designer who is now building sea
kayaks.  He's brought some of his out of the box thought to his boats
http://www.warrenlightcraft.com/  Rumor has it he's also working on a
multihull "kayak", possibly a trimaran.

Kirk


-- 
  Kirk Olsen
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