training log

Have now gone into Fergs Kayaks in Okahu Bay, Auckland several times trying out different kayaks... Elaho HV nice bt wonder for the type of kayaking I want (training, tooling aorund coastlines) it is the right one; paddled a prijon kodiak and was completely unimpressed- awful cockpit, irritating pedals and continually getting splashed from waves breaking over deck and into cockpit... the Squall is OK but with lower volume than say Elaho HV was submarining a bit and when a wave would come over the deck and hit the hatch cover it would spray up and directly into my face... have now spent 2 sessions in a tasman express and i like it a lot; longer at 5.3m and a bit of heavy side at 29kg but handles waves and grumpy chop well..the light weight model weighs 25 kg, so might try to see if i can paddle one of those somewhere... canoe & kayak on the shore say that i can give them a list of 4 or so kayaks to try out and they will bring them to lake- may do that this week- a tasman, tasman lite, sequel, and a challenge 5- maybe for soemthing completely different a cobra expedition which is a longer sit-on-top (5.46m, 22kg)..... must admit that the pic of the cobra is just what i want to do...