pretty much everyone on similar things
in a kayak the lightest possible kayak
with superior performance and lots of
room for storage hi welcome to
watchmojo.com I’m your host Ashley and
today the privilege to speak with Paul
and expert kayaker who’s going to touch
on each one of those subjects so Kiki
tell us a little bit about what kind of
different kayak styles you have here
today basically when you’re looking at
kayaks you can look at three different
styles you have whitewater kayaks which
tend to be short and very maneuverable
you have sea kayaks what tends to be
very long and have very good tracking
paddling in a straight line and you have
recreational kayaks which are in between
when an average person wants to purchase
a kayak do they go more for a wider
kayak stability is much more reassurance
when you get caught in difficult
situations having a kayak that basically
stabilizes itself is a very reassuring
thing and is it true that people look
for lightweight kayaks and why is that a
lightweight kayak has better
acceleration otherwise once you’re
moving it doesn’t make a big difference
but where it does make a difference is
when you have to carry it so for a lot
of people trying to take a kayak put it
over a roof rack at the end of your arms
can be quite difficult if your kayak
weighs 50 60 70 pounds and what about
the kayaker that wants to kayak carrying
a lot of gear the volume of the kayak
depends on its length and its width and
also the characteristics of how its
holic shape but generally a longer wider
kayak will be able to carry more
material another important factor is how
easy is it to load that equipment inside
Akaya often what you find are small
openings that are maybe 12 14 inches
long maybe 10 inches wide and trying to
fit a backpack into there can be tedious
and what’s the difference between
sitting inside a kayak and sitting on
top of the kayak what they call
sit-on-top kayaks are basically kayaks
that have an open cockpit so rather than
having an enclosed cockpit where you’re
more constrained a sit on top kayak is
open a little bit like a canoe so that
feels less claustrophobic for a lot of
people it’s easier to get into sometimes
the the coaming on a sit in kayak is a
bit tight you feel more constraint if
you ever capsize so if you’re stuck
inside I could I take a cockpit of a
kayak that could be unnerving
I sit on top you basically just swim out
of it and get back in the disadvantages
of a sit on top though is that if
in colder water you’re not as protected
as if you have it completely enclosed
deck
in a kayak the lightest possible kayak
with superior performance and lots of
room for storage hi welcome to
watchmojo.com I’m your host Ashley and
today the privilege to speak with Paul
and expert kayaker who’s going to touch
on each one of those subjects so Kiki
tell us a little bit about what kind of
different kayak styles you have here
today basically when you’re looking at
kayaks you can look at three different
styles you have whitewater kayaks which
tend to be short and very maneuverable
you have sea kayaks what tends to be
very long and have very good tracking
paddling in a straight line and you have
recreational kayaks which are in between
when an average person wants to purchase
a kayak do they go more for a wider
kayak stability is much more reassurance
when you get caught in difficult
situations having a kayak that basically
stabilizes itself is a very reassuring
thing and is it true that people look
for lightweight kayaks and why is that a
lightweight kayak has better
acceleration otherwise once you’re
moving it doesn’t make a big difference
but where it does make a difference is
when you have to carry it so for a lot
of people trying to take a kayak put it
over a roof rack at the end of your arms
can be quite difficult if your kayak
weighs 50 60 70 pounds and what about
the kayaker that wants to kayak carrying
a lot of gear the volume of the kayak
depends on its length and its width and
also the characteristics of how its
holic shape but generally a longer wider
kayak will be able to carry more
material another important factor is how
easy is it to load that equipment inside
Akaya often what you find are small
openings that are maybe 12 14 inches
long maybe 10 inches wide and trying to
fit a backpack into there can be tedious
and what’s the difference between
sitting inside a kayak and sitting on
top of the kayak what they call
sit-on-top kayaks are basically kayaks
that have an open cockpit so rather than
having an enclosed cockpit where you’re
more constrained a sit on top kayak is
open a little bit like a canoe so that
feels less claustrophobic for a lot of
people it’s easier to get into sometimes
the the coaming on a sit in kayak is a
bit tight you feel more constraint if
you ever capsize so if you’re stuck
inside I could I take a cockpit of a
kayak that could be unnerving
I sit on top you basically just swim out
of it and get back in the disadvantages
of a sit on top though is that if
in colder water you’re not as protected
as if you have it completely enclosed
deck
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