[Paddlewise] When is a Kayak Not a Kayak?

While I admire the entrepreneurial skill and daring of the two lads
paddling their way to New Zealand from Australia I would question the
description of their craft as a 'kayak'.



How many kayaks weigh in at 930kg,  cost around A$250,000 and boast a
two-man sleeping pod?  How would you describe this craft?  A high-tech
ocean going two-man paddle-powered survival craft ?   It surely can't be
classed in the same category as the kayaks that people such as Lindeman,
Speck, McCauley  etc used.  This doesn't detract one iota from their
effort,  but I think their set up puts them more in the category of the
rowers who have crossed the Atlantic etc in purpose built craft.



http://www.crossingtheditch.com.au/news/day-two.html



Cheers, PeterR
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