Bringing kayak with you...
I tow with a pickup that has a 6.5' bed and am thinking about getting a hard-sided kayak---preferably a tandem kayak---to bring with us. I was thinking it would just need to be strapped down in th...
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Of course. Spend $600-800 and you will have a good boat most likely. Don't discount the idea of a slightly used boat or factory blemish, which I can rarely tell from others. Again, you will need to go to a real paddles shop.
Wilderness Systems makes a Pamlico tandem, or did for years. It was the first kayak I bought 20 years ago, still have it, great shape. If your son is 10, I would get two smaller one person boats. Nothing sucks like being tethered to an adult. My son will be three in October and I'm buying him his first kayak this coming spring. Like a 4 footer I saw. Granted, I will be within arms reach of him, in his under crotch strapped Titanic issue PFD, but the fun is in controlling your own destiny. Or a similar illusion as it may be. Ha ha.
Edit, they still make Pamlico tandems. But will be long and heavy. Easier to handle two small yaks if carrying up high on rack. But the autonomy is worth considering. It's very easy to paddle a kayak. Very, very, hard to fall out of one. With high quality paddling specific PFD and dad a few feet away, I personally feel it a viable option. But respect any reservations you may have of course. If looking at two boats, be sure to check out the Ride and other newer models. Pungo is the old school. I love mine.
But the newer sit on tops are MUCH easier to get in and out of. As are my two newest yaks, NuCanoe Frontiers. Love the sit in tops. But the older sit in styles are great too, especially if your not fat, uncoordinated, and such. If the latter applies, or bad knees, back, etc, you definitely want a sit on top. Many good companies, Jackson, Perception, among others, but I'm a big fan of Wilderness systems.
If I can help, send me a PM.
http://www.wildernesssystems.com/kayaks?field_activity_tid%5B%5D=11
http://www.wildernesssystems.com/kayaks?field_activity_tid%5B%5D=11
Dan
Wilderness Systems makes a Pamlico tandem, or did for years. It was the first kayak I bought 20 years ago, still have it, great shape. If your son is 10, I would get two smaller one person boats. Nothing sucks like being tethered to an adult. My son will be three in October and I'm buying him his first kayak this coming spring. Like a 4 footer I saw. Granted, I will be within arms reach of him, in his under crotch strapped Titanic issue PFD, but the fun is in controlling your own destiny. Or a similar illusion as it may be. Ha ha.
Edit, they still make Pamlico tandems. But will be long and heavy. Easier to handle two small yaks if carrying up high on rack. But the autonomy is worth considering. It's very easy to paddle a kayak. Very, very, hard to fall out of one. With high quality paddling specific PFD and dad a few feet away, I personally feel it a viable option. But respect any reservations you may have of course. If looking at two boats, be sure to check out the Ride and other newer models. Pungo is the old school. I love mine.
But the newer sit on tops are MUCH easier to get in and out of. As are my two newest yaks, NuCanoe Frontiers. Love the sit in tops. But the older sit in styles are great too, especially if your not fat, uncoordinated, and such. If the latter applies, or bad knees, back, etc, you definitely want a sit on top. Many good companies, Jackson, Perception, among others, but I'm a big fan of Wilderness systems.
If I can help, send me a PM.
http://www.wildernesssystems.com/kayaks?field_activity_tid%5B%5D=11
http://www.wildernesssystems.com/kayaks?field_activity_tid%5B%5D=11
Dan
