craker want a poly?
March 30th, 2007 | 
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You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant
Walk right in it’s around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant
- Arlo Guthrie
Ok, with due deference to my favorite kayak manufactures who do not make poly boats. I pose this question; If you were going to open your own little kayak school and guide company AND could only afford poly boats, and only could choose one company & style. . . . Let’s say you’d get a great deal if you bought a bunch of the same thing. . What one poly boat would you buy? Yeah, I know we’d want some of this and some of that. . but for the sake of argument, what’s the single best all around, fairly inexpensive, seaworthy plastic boat that you would feel good teaching and taking tours out in?? I’m not sure myself but I think the Valley Aquanaut Cub has to be right near the top of the list. READ MORE.
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Hey Derrick,
I found it pretty hard to fault my Capella while I had it. Can take a load, coped with a bit of rough, skeg was effective, easy to roll, well outfitted and very dry. Only sold it to get a composite boat.
jg
i dont have anything to say about the boats, well unless you were buying them for me!!!! LOL
I just wanted to prove I got into my new blog which I started just so I could comment on your blog without being ANONIMO!
peace-kqp
I’d probably pick the poly Avocet but the Aquanaut Club would be a good second choice. The Aquanaut would probably better accomodate larger folks while the Avocet would better accomodate smaller people. Can I have both?
Wilderness Systems, in my opinion, has some nice plastic boats, like the Tempest 170. Nice outfitting, good primary and secondary stability, and a very comfortable seat. I would get one for myself as a second (or third) boat.
Tempest, Capella, Aquanaut. . .
Yeah for the sake of debate only one style of boat. Probably better having a smaller person in a bigger boat than having a small boat that bigger people won’t fit in LOL
If you could only get one model, the Aquanaut might be too low volume for many paddlers.
I love the Avocet and Aquanaut, but a Capella 166 or similar would be better for people with bigger bottoms.
stevie
OK, how about a Current Designs Sirocco? A comfy, stable boat with some pretty good performance taht would fit most people. CD needs a little equal time here. I hear they are quite popular in Wisconsin.
Hmm, the Sirocco would be a good all around choice. They are a good qaulity plastic boat and fit a wider group of people.
I used to paddle one and liked it. It was too big for me, but that would make it a good all around choice.
It is very maneuvarble, but will go straight in quartering winds with some skeg.
stevie
I second the Wilderness Systems boats. In general I prefer poly to composite boats. Polys are usually very all around boats and give me lots of peace of mind. IMO with most composite boats, if you get close to rock or coral you got to look after the boat and baby it. Not that I wreck my boats on the rocks or anything, but it would become more about the boat and not enough about the adventure. Too much worry I think.
How about the Prijon Kodiak, a workhorse of a kayak? It is sturdy, reasonably fast, is outfitted nicely and is great for tall and/or broad people.
The Prijon Seayak is another nice boat, especially for beginners and smaller folks. It is a foot shorter than the Kodiak and a zippier fun kayak to paddle and play with.