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Good first purchase?

Relative amateur here. I've been out kayaking a handful of times, but am now looking to pick something up for myself and really get my feet wet (see, kayak jokes already.) I'm looking at second-hand ads and came across this for $200. Most of my time will be spent on inland lakes and relatively calm rivers. The seller states they don't know much about it, but that it has been reliable, and is missing the rear cover. Would this be a good all-around beginner kayak? Any input is appreciated!

u/Antique_Pollution_21 — 15 hours ago
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Playing in the tide race

An edit from my last visit to a local tide race in the South of England

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u/Nikayak94 — 2 days ago
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Kiptopeke State Park in Virginia

Sunday Funday!

My faithful companion and I drove over and under the 17+ miles of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Kiptopeke State Park in Cape Charles Virginia, at the very bottom of the Eastern Shore.

After a 3.6mile walk along the trails, we launched and paddled out to see the Concrete Fleet - a breakwater created by scuttling 9 WWII era Ferrocement cargo ships in shallow water. Very cool .Definitely worth the trip. It was a lovely day for it- water temps around 60°f, air in the 80s, barely any breeze off a weather shore, brilliant sunshine from bright blue skies.

It's the first time I broke down the C-Tug dolly and stowed in the foredeck hatch instead of bringing it back to the car, and it fit perfectly, though it didn't leave much room for anything else.

u/Wooden-Quit1870 — 4 days ago
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Suggestions to haul 2 21'-long touring kayaks.

Hi redditors, really struggling with the right solutions here.

I have one 21'-long (Seda Tango tandem) and one 20'-long (Northwest Kayak tandem, I think) touring kayaks and planning to take out the entire family to the San Juan Islands near Seattle (2 hrs away from home, driving on highways) for 2- or 3- night camping trips. Each kayak weighs 95 lbs and while I manage to load/unload my car with one kayak, I don't have a good system to haul 2 kayaks at the same time.

I considered the following options:

  1. Two kayaks on a car. Put two kayaks on a Toyota Grand Highlander. It turns out that with cross bars e.g. that would surpass the 175lbs "moving weight" limit of the roof. I have seen plenty of people mounting two hullavators on 65" or longer bars on a car like Subaru Legacy, and even loading lighter kayaks, it would still go over the safety limit. Wonder if I should take the risk.
  2. Trailer. I can't easily find trailers that from the spec can fit 21' long kayaks. Furthermore we don't have a ton of space and ideally it should be possible to flip the trailer vertically for storage. Any trailer recommendations here would be very much appreciated.
  3. Two cars, crossbars only. We can go with two cars but at first sight the Grand Highlander is not a fit for a 21ft kayak -- the cross bars are toward the front of the car which means it seems hard to load/unload a kayak from the back (with a roller), without landing it on the part of the roof close to the rear (no good denting my wife's new car).
  4. Two cars, EZ rec-rac on the Highlander. This thing seems awesome (assist loading from the back) but not sure if it supports kayaks that long and regular cars (not tracks). Does anybody know?
  5. Two cars, hullavator. The final option would be to install a hullavator on the grand highlander, which I am tempted to do but requires taking out the factory installed cross bars and getting cross bars + hullavator (or the yakima equivalent).

All options will be pricey (as in, more than I paid my used kayaks) but what I am concerned is landing on a solution that actually works. Anybody has figured it out before?

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u/calimoro — 11 days ago
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Kayak ID

What brand and model is this kayak? It’s on a Facebook post so I can’t put more photos

u/Jayzer616 — 13 days ago
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Rodent Damage

Can this be repaired? Who should I contact?

It's an Old Town Loon 100

u/autopatch — 12 days ago