Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Kayak

I just slipped that in there to see how many would catch it. Yuki (you all remember the Yuki incident) was back to me last night. Here's the answer.

Back in September when we were at Upper Lake, Katherine wanted to take a boat out on the lake, paddle around, have a good time. They had rentals at the resort, but we just couldn’t justify $40.00 an hour, minimum 3 hours, to rent one.

Since then I’ve been trying to figure out a way to get us a kayak, but one of the problems was putting a hard one on the truck pulling the trailer. The other problem with a hard one is: have you looked at the price of a two person kayak? I’d have to take out a second on the house just to purchase it.

So we decided on the Sea Eagle 370 Pro inflatable. Comes in a bag (in the picture), inflates in 8 – 10 minutes and was around $340.00. Add a PFD for Katherine (I have one) and you’re looking at just under $500.00 for paddling around the lakes next summer.   

 Sea Eagle SE370K_P Inflatable Kayak with Pro Package

Now the question would be, where to get $500.00. We have a couple WWII “souvenir’s” that Katherine’s Step Father had. One was a .38 pistol he carried and the other was an Nazi SS dress dagger. I called a collector and he came over to look at them. Didn’t want the pistol, but offered me $500.00 for the knife.

And so goes the kayak.

11 comments:

  1. Looks like it will be a lot of fun. Can't wait to see how it goes and your pictures of it once you get it.

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  2. Hey Mark, $320 at Amazon! I just saved you $20, that must get me at least one free ride on the yak, right? lol

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  3. I just realized you said you already bought it... you could have saved a 20 had you gone with Amazon, lol

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  4. I'll be watching with interest Mark. Looks like a great alternative.

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  5. Looking good. Great way to get the needed funds for its purchase.

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  6. That looks like a fun little boat! I'm with you on the price of those hard kayaks , seems totally unrealistic for what you get.

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  7. Looking forward to reading about it's maiden voyage! Congrats, on the new vessel!

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  8. As one who's interested in messin' about in little boats and not yet certain on what is both affordable and reliable, I'm looking into this inflatable as a way to set sail. Thanks for the suggestion.

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  9. Looking forward to hear of your paddling adventures, or misadventures as the case may be Mark.

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  10. After thinking about this for a while, I think you should have a "name it" contest.

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