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[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I have no problem with my I Mac.

Great looking kayaks.

Frank

[teledork]

I have a question for any Oru owner.

 

I need a lighter weight boat. I have a Sea Eagle with a removable skeg which is stable on the water but very heavy (but I do have a real nice cart!) I have also had an Advanced Elements which had a nice, hard keel. But after paddling the Sea Eagle in a cross wind when I could not get the skeg to slide in place I feel the need for something other than a round or flat bottom boat. 

 

What does the bottom of an Oru look like? How does it track?  

[Vic Harder]

I have a question for any Oru owner.

 

I need a lighter weight boat. I have a Sea Eagle with a removable skeg which is stable on the water but very heavy (but I do have a real nice cart!) I have also had an Advanced Elements which had a nice, hard keel. But after paddling the Sea Eagle in a cross wind when I could not get the skeg to slide in place I feel the need for something other than a round or flat bottom boat. 

 

What does the bottom of an Oru look like? How does it track?  

Curious about this as well.   AND, wondering which cart you have, and if you think it would do well on deeply rooted/rutted PNW portage trails.... 

[teledork]

Curious about this as well.   AND, wondering which cart you have, and if you think it would do well on deeply rooted/rutted PNW portage trails.... 

Wilderness Systems "Chariot De Kayak". No joke - it said that on the box. AKA Heavy Duty kayak Cart. No-flat or ballon wheels - I have no-flat and have done just fine in sand. I've had it on rocky and overgrown trails even with two boats on it (and two people guiding/steering) It can take the salt water. It is not inexpensive. 

 

Getting my boat to the water is not a problem. What is a problem is lifting the rolled up boat into the camper or moving the 50 pound bundle at all for that matter. 

[Cpt Davenport]

My wife and I are sold on our Oru Kayaks! We are on the fourth year with our Inlets and they are still going strong. They both fit in the back seat of the truck and only weigh 20lbs each. We take them on every trip just incase we find a willing body of water (more often than not, we do) tracking is not great, but acceptable for such short yaks. Only go in the ocean when it is super calm. Mostly we find little creeks near the back of lakes. We also hit the rivers hard with them up in Humboldt. They have backpacks, so we hike them in to places where you could never drag a cart. In the right conditions, they are awesome! Heck, this winter we used them to kayak down the flooded streets as transportation!

[teledork]

My wife and I are sold on our Oru Kayaks! We are on the fourth year with our Inlets and they are still going strong. They both fit in the back seat of the truck and only weigh 20lbs each. We take them on every trip just incase we find a willing body of water (more often than not, we do) tracking is not great, but acceptable for such short yaks. Only go in the ocean when it is super calm. Mostly we find little creeks near the back of lakes. We also hit the rivers hard with them up in Humboldt. They have backpacks, so we hike them in to places where you could never drag a cart. In the right conditions, they are awesome! Heck, this winter we used them to kayak down the flooded streets as transportation!

Thank you Cpt! 20 pounds sure sounds nice. 

[Wango]

We have an ORU, Haven TT, have paddled it as a double and single. Paddles fine, tracks well and is pretty stable.

Love how it fits in the back seat area. We use our hardshells as often as possible, but for when we don't want to bring a trailer, the ORU is awesome.

[Vic Harder]

Wilderness Systems "Chariot De Kayak". No joke - it said that on the box. AKA Heavy Duty kayak Cart. No-flat or ballon wheels - I have no-flat and have done just fine in sand. I've had it on rocky and overgrown trails even with two boats on it (and two people guiding/steering) It can take the salt water. It is not inexpensive. 

 

Getting my boat to the water is not a problem. What is a problem is lifting the rolled up boat into the camper or moving the 50 pound bundle at all for that matter. 

Thanks for the tip about a cart.  I've been looking at the Seattle Sports cart.  Any chance you have tried that one or can compare?

 

Seattle Sports All-Terrain Center Cart, Black : Amazon.ca: Sports & Outdoors

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Vic, I have an almost identical cart from cabelas, but roughly $300 less.  I’m pretty sure I paid just over $100 about 10 years ago.  They work fine.

 

Here is one on sale for a lot less.

[Vic Harder]

That Cabella’s one looks like a near clone. As for $300, keep in mind my link was to amazon CANADA… our money isn’t anywhere near as powerful as yours…