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Pastimes : Canoes, Hiking, the Great Outdoors -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dayuhan who wrote (232)	4/3/2002 8:31:32 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 325

I saw something rather fanciful on a website recently... a "transparent" kayak (more like a small canoe in design though). Supposed to be made of some type of strong, transparent material. Actually looked like it might be kind of neat, but too expensive to get as an experimental toy, and I'd also want to know just how much image distortion there would be looking down through the hull. Hopefully, it wouldn't turn out to be like the various gizmos on the inside back-cover of the comic books... "See the bones in your hand with these X-ray glasses!!!" Might be fun for up here though, in the places where beaver swim under my canoe and where I often see bass, pike, turtles, etc.. swimming around. Don't know how nice it would be using it in some part of the world where there are sharks around... They might take one look at the clear plastic "food tray" with the Kayaker-McNuggets inside and develop a sudden appetite... (o:

To: Dayuhan who wrote (232)	4/3/2002 11:41:32 AM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 325

I am still trying to select a boat to buy and am unsure whether I want a sit-on or normal kayak, inflatable or folding, sub-40 lb. or sea kayak. I thought the pedals on the Outback and Mirage were amazingly efficient. The "tiller" is a two inch piece of plastic that is hand-operated. Another similar lever is used to raise and lower the rudder. The pedals retract easily (into folded position conforming to bottom of boat) by simply pushing one leg all the way forward. They can also be easily lifted out completely and replaced with a fitted plastic block that is included with the boat. The possibility of pedal damage in shallow water is a concern, although they seem fairly sturdy. The sail was indeed small. It was a light day and I wished I had something bigger. In puffs, there was some instability due to the limitations you mentioned. There is a place on deck (if I can use that term) to lash down the rig when not in use, although I didn't try it. The Hobie Outback is about 5 inches wider than the Mirage and handles a bit differently. I may want to try them in the ocean and a river, along with a few sea and other conventional kayaks before making a selection. The gentleman who let me use his Outback also owned a Mirage, a Tandem, and a Cat. He said that the major reason he bought the Outback was to be able to store more gear onboard.