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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Location
    Charleston, SC
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    650
    What a beautiful kayak. I love the color combination and the lines/shape of the craft. Excellent find!!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Columbia, MO
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    2,041
    Don't try to light a fire in your kayak, because you know the saying:
    You can't have your kayak, and heat it too.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Between the Blue Ridge and the Chesapeake Bay
    Posts
    5,203
    Beautiful! I love the color!

    Sooooo, like, what kayaks ya' selling? (not that I'm buying, of course, just askin')

  4. #4
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    Sep 2007
    Location
    Uncanny Valley
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    14,498
    Nice!
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Between the Blue Ridge and the Chesapeake Bay
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    5,203
    There's a kayak festival in Kilmarnock, Virginia (Northern Neck/Chesapeake Bay) on June 5. There will be vendors and demos there...I won't be buying a kayak, but it sure will be fun trying a few out.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Posts
    2,841
    *cough*

    Well, that lasted a few months! Then there was an arms race & I found another MY KAYAK.

    Actually, I love the vela & I'm keeping it - and as long as I was paddling with people in plastic boats even if they were a couple feet longer - I was faster.

    But then I started paddling with people in 18 foot kevlar racing kayaks or surfskis... And I'd be paddling all out getting to hull speed on the vela, while they were just cruising.

    Then R bought a 17.5 foot fiberglass boat and my 15'8 one just wasn't quite fast enough....

    So when someone mentioned they were selling their custom made nigel foster silhouette (bulkheads are moved closer for a short person to have more storage space, etc.), I kinda decided that instead of having 1 fiberglass & 1 plastic boat, I'll just have a short fiberglass boat for daytrips or fun on my own and a longer one for touring & paddling with the faster one. So away went the plastic boat and a new boat was adopted.

    And... the fact that it's red just sealed the deal. I've wanted a red kayak or bike FOREVER. It's actually got pretty similar lines to the vela, so behaves in the same playful manner despite being more than 2 feet longer (it's 17'11"), it's slightly narrower, so it cuts through the water better, definitely faster, and rolled for me the first time.

    So here's the new "used" one:



  7. #7
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    MD suburb of Washington, DC
    Posts
    1,832
    Congratulations! It's gorgeous.

    Red bikes and kayaks rule!
    2007 Rivendell Glorius/Trico gel with cutout (not made any more apparently)
    2005 Specialized Sequoia Comp/Specialized Dolce
    2006 Kona Cinder Cone/another Trico gel
    1986? Bridgestone mixte/Brooks B72
    1991 Bridgestone 300 Xtracycle/Terry Gelissimo

 

 

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