| April
- May 2000
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| Compact/Folding
Kayak Directory |
Chesapeake
Light Craft 's Mill Creek 13 makes a great tender for larger
craft. It is a wider, shorter and more stable alternative to the
typical sea kayak and offers great stability for nature photographers,
fly fisherman and birders. Length: 13' Beam: 29" Weight: 36 lbs.
Chesapeake Light Craft Inc., 1805 George Avenue, Annapolis Maryland
21401 USA. Ph: 410-267-0137 Fax: 301-858-6335. Email: kayaks@clcinc.com.
Web: www.clcboats.com
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Current
Designs' Breeze is the plastic version of the successful
Pachena which is available in composite. The Breeze is a good choice
for day touring or weekend getaways. Its hull design is fish form
with a shallow "V" and soft chines. Length: 13'-6" Width: 25". Weight:
54 lbs. Current Designs, Unit 300, 770 Enterprise Crescent, BC Canada
V8Z 6R4. Ph: 250-479-0106. Fax: 250-250-479-0906. Email: info@cdkayak.com.
Web: www.cdkayak.com. In the
USA: We-No-Nah, Ph: 507-454-5430. Email: wenonah@luminet.net
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Feathercraft
Folding Kayaks makes a complete line of portable touring
kayaks for weekend adventures to month-long expeditions. Frames
are anodized aluminum-strong and lightweight. Skin is welded urethane-abrasion
resistant and waterproof. Contact the company for a dealer near
you. The K-Light Plus has a 15-minute assembly time. It comes standard
with an expedition weight hypalon hull, internal air sponsons, fibreglass
cockpit coaming, adjustable foot braces, nylon spray skirt, sea
sock, travel-style backpack, repair kit and assembly video. Length:
12'-10" Beam: 25" Weight: 33 lbs. Ph: 604-681-8437. Fax :604-681-7282.
Email: info@feathercraft.com.
Web: www.feathercraft.com.
Sales and rentals of Feathercrafts also available from Folding Kayak
Adventures: 1 800 586-9318. Web: www.foldingkayak.com
and from Baidarka Boats, ph: 907-747-8996. Web: www.kayaksite.com
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Klepper's
new Alu-Lite aluminum framed single folding kayak is Klepper's first
aluminum frame kayak in 92 years of production, with the traditional
hypalon hull, waterproof, breathable Egyptian cotton deck and air
sponsons. It collapses into a carrying bag of 42 x 28" for easy
transport. Length: 13' Weight: 39 lbs. Klepper's AE 2000 comes equipped
with the hull and air-sponsons, wooden frame, seat and backrest,
paddleholders, luggage fittings, D-ring for rudderlifting, and two
packing bags. 20 minutes assembly time is standard. Length: 12'-6"
Width: 26" Weight: 41 lbs. Available from Klepper Canada: 4718 1st
Street S.W Calgary Alberta. Ph: 403-287-2120. Email: amscgyca@cadvision.com.
Web: www.klepper.com. Klepper
West: 6155 Mt.Aukum Rd. Somerset, CA 95684-0130. Ph: 530-626-8647.
Email: klepperwest@jps.net
. Web: www.klepperwest.com.
Also available from Baidarka Boats, ph: 907-747-8996. Web: www.kayaksite.com
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Necky
Kayak's Alsek is at home on a small lake and in the surf.
An all purpose boat, it has high buoyancy and rocker to keep the
bow from diving. Complete with a rudder. Length: 14' Width: 25.5"
Weight: 58 lbs. Necky also makes the Gannet Length: 11'-6" Weight:
45 lbs (which WaveLength carries aboard our mothership), as well
as Santa Cruze, Looksha Sport, and Durado compact kayaks. Necky
Kayaks, 1100 Riverside Road, Abbotsford BC. V2S 7P1. Ph: 604-850-1206
Fax: 604-850-3197 Web:www.necky.com/
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Nimbus
Kayaks makes two compact kayaks, the Cygnet, Length: 14'-9"
Width: 23" Weight: 46 lbs glass, 40 lbs kevlar. lbs and a Klemtu,
Length: 14'-3" Width: 24" Weight: 40 lbs glass, 35 lbs kevlar. Nimbus
Kayaks (Rainforest Designs) #5-9903 240th St., PO Box 1091, Stn.
Albion, Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1W1. Ph: 604/467-9932. Fax: 604/467-8890.
Web: www.nimbuskayaks.com
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Primex's
Episea is reasonably priced and designed for touring and weekend
tripping. Its hull configuration is vee/ultra-shallow arched vee,
slightly rockered, asymmetric. Construction is of medium density
polyethylene. For children to small adults. Length: 14'2" Width:
20.5" Weight: 36 lbs. Primex of California, 5000 East Second St.,
Benicia, CA 94510. Toll free: 800-422-2482. Ph: 707-746-6855. Fax:
707-746-0493. Email: primex@deluge.com
Web: www.deluge.com
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Pygmy
Kayaks produces 3 affordable, compact wooden kit kayaks.
Each are fiberglass/epoxy encapsulated over pre-cut mahogany plywood
panels. The Arctic Tern is an elegant, maneuverable wooden kayak
to take into surf with a lovely 4-panel, cambered deck with a Greenland-style
hull which does a fast leaned-turn. Length 14' Beam 23" Weight :
33 lbs. The Osprey suits small paddlers 5'3" and under, small-framed
adults, teens and kids down to 50". Holds enough gear for weekend
trips. Length 13' Beam 22", Weight 32 lbs. The GoldenEye is a charming
kayak designed for 5 to 9 year olds. A great first kayak for kids
up to 48". Length: 10' Beam: 17.5" Weight: 14 lbs. We recommend
you attach sponsons while a child is first learning to balance and
paddle. For a color catalogue contact Pygmy at: PO Box 1529, Port
Townsend, WA 98368, USA. Ph: 360-385-6143. Web: www.pygmyboats.com.
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