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[DavidGraves]

Howdy

 

Having sold our Kleppers we find we want just almost anything that will float for a planned trip to up Island Vancouver BC this summer..

 

There are lots of little lakes in the woods that are a joy to visit and float.

 

We need to cross by ferry to get to Vancouver Island and I don't want to pay the extra fee  for length of our boat trailer.

 

What are folks strapping to the side or roof of camper these days ?

 

David Graves

[Vic]

David - I had a neighbor with a porta-boat and while I never got to use it on the water, it seemed solid and simple when I was checking his out.  The carried it on the side of a class C. 

 

A different model - I've been happy with my Sea Eagle Packfish 7.  Sea Eagle has lots of different models and sizes/prices.  Might be another option.  

 

Sounds like a fun get-away.

 

-Vic

[Stray Dog]

We travel with a Sea Eagle 380x on appropriate trips.  Packs easily, preparation is quick, kayak is suitable for many purposes on many types of waters.

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Dave I have a Advanced Elements 2 person inflatable.

It's 12' long. Comes in a  "big gym"bag easy to inflate and use.

I ordered mine from airkayaks.com

 

I have used only a few times but very enjoyable works great.

The kit I have is about $1300.

Frank

[DavidGraves]

Thanks All

 

I have found locally a 12' Fold-A-Boat  which seems to be an early rendition in Marine Aluminum of a Portaboat.

 

The dang little thing is rated for up to 20 HP (!) and is beamy for its length at 60 "

 

Folds down to 4" thick.

 

Dang little info on web.

 

Anyone ever heard of Fold-A-Boat ? 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

I follow a couple on YouTube (Free Range Sailing) who use one as a dinghy on their sailboat.  They’ve recently completed a circumnavigation of Australia, with the dinghy folded on the deck of their 30’ Klansman sloop.  They’re worth a follow.  BTW, Fold-A-Boats have been around for years.  They have a good reputation.

 

 

[DavidGraves]

Howdy

 

The image looks like a Porta Boat on their deck ?

 

Do you know anything about Fold-A-Boats ?

 

Thanks

[Wandering Sagebrush]

David, I guess lumped them together, so I don’t.  My apologies!

[Cottonww]

I am sort of a kayak Guru with two Warren carbon fibre kayaks(one a sailing kayak) in Fort Collins, two Pygmy kayaks at our winter home in Tucson, and a CLC 17 and Pygmy at our CO mountain cabin, all of which I haul in a kayak trailer for easy loading and unloading. Both my wife and I are in our 80's.

But for trips like you plan where I don't want to pull my trailer, I have a Sea Eagle Razorlite

473rl tandem which pumps to 10psi and handles like a hard kayak(it is made of drop-stitch technology). It weighs about 55lbs. I use a high pressure Sea Eagle electric pump which about takes 3 minutes. The longest time is clean-up following the paddle to completely dry it out.

I would consider selling it and buy two Sea Eagle Razorlite. 273rl drop-stitch kayaks. They weight 35lbs each so twice the total load and of course take twice as long to pump up. But, we both prefer paddling singles.

[Vic Harder]

We have a 16’ Kevlar canoe, it weighs 39 pounds and we load it up on the roof of our Puma/Grandby.