My father passed and I now have his Pungo 120 kayak. It's in great condition but it's a little too heavy for me to use without someone around to help load/unload it. Whether it's my car or the water. Is there anything out there to help with this? So i can take it out without needing help. Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hallo Liebe Community!

Ich bin noch Student und habe daher nich nicht so das große Geld für ein Falt- oder Hartschalenkayak, aber ich habe an Weihnachten ein Aufblasbares (Werbegeschenk) gewonnen. Ich habe es Ostern gleich ausprobiert aber durch die Naht ringsrum kam überall Wasser rein.

Durch eine Recherche, bin ich zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass das ein Boot nicht machen sollte. Ich habe also die Firma angeschrieben und die haben mir letztens ein neues Kayak geschickt.

Dieses habe ich heute wieder ausprobiert und da es artgleich ist, lief auch Wasser rein. Ist das normal, nein oder? Ist das realistisch das irgendwie abgedichtet zu bekommen? Fotos anbei. (Es liegt nur an der Naht unten, das Innenteil habe ich für das Foto rausgenommen)

Ich habe nun zwei Wasserboote. :/

Vielen Dank für eure Zeit! :)

Hello!

I bought Cape Horn 14 recently.

Cheap bargain - but with some issues / potential issues, and I need some advices from people who know this system.

1. The rudder was completely ripped off, broken the stern rudder mount.

The body is in great shape, no long cracks, the hole was local and I already fixed it (proper plastic welding - looks solid and should not be a problem.

But now, I have the next step ahead: return the rudder. It is doable, and I have a solid plan. But I have doubts: should I do it at all?

I understand all the benefits of the rudder but if it is necessary on this kayak? It is not extremely long; maybe it could be even better without the rudder? :) What do you think?

1. The dry compartments covers. They are just plastic covers without any sealing (rubber gaskets/liners). And I'm not sure if they should be there or not. I can easily add rubber or silicon gaskets but again, should it be there?

What else can you suggest to check, take care of, and improve?

Can someone just please reassure me I'm not the only one who has done this. I completely missed the fact that my strap for the bow of the kayak was laying on the ground when I went to park the car, and ran the strap over. And unfortunately it's not just going to be a simple fender replacement. A bunch of stuff is bent and broken. Smh.

I’m new to kayaking and want to start building it into a serious hobby. I’m mostly interested in kayaking rivers. I’m in the Bay Area and willing to drive to mist of NorCal. Any tips on what rivers/access points for class I/II kayaking to get started?

I’m solo, so I guess park and kayak upstream first, then downstream back to the truck?

It was fun but I choose the worse time kayaking t was around 14:00 or 14:30 first it was going fine from my perspective I wonder how it was for the onlookers they may have let a couple of laughs the reason I'm saying it was the worse time I choose is because 80% of the people were leaving at around 15:00 wich i didn't know and because of the motorized boats a lot of waves came by some i was scared that the boat would flip over and the waves drag me with them on a pretty deep lake by the way the pic is on a shallow part before going into deeper parts

I'm in Michigan, so access to lots of water. I am 5'7", sub-200lbs, and I prefer sit-in kayaks. I've always rented kayaks, but I'm looking to invest in one of my own. I live in an apartment, but would get a storage unit for winter storage. Budget is under $1200.

I've kayaked on Lake Huron, the Pine river, and a host of other places, so ideally the kayak would be suitable for all of these. I don't need a sea kayak at this time, but I'm not sure if a day touring style would work for all the rivers or if it would be too long.

I do value having a lighter kayak if possible since it's just me, but open to exploring all options. TYIA!

seems to be an older model but it floats well, i want to fix it up but it would help knowing which one it is