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Need some advice between 2 types of kayaks
« on: March 28, 2015, 03:23:37 PM »
Hi Guys,

I'm after some pro's, con's and personal experience's on a Tarpon 12 kayak (Which i tried and loved) and a peddle powered kayak aka hobbie (which i haven't tried )

The goal is to get a kayak that will be easy to paddle around in the larger rivers/dams such as near Fern vale/Lowood and Wivenhoe but also be able to get round in the smaller rivers such as the Bremer river.

As my current kayak is just a little creek basher which makes paddling longer distances challenging and time consuming.

Love to hear your thoughts and opinions,

Cheers Brad



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Re: Need some advice between 2 types of kayaks
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2015, 05:59:46 PM »
A hobie pedal yak is great for dams but not creeks. Most of us do own 2 or more kayaks due to that fact.

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Re: Need some advice between 2 types of kayaks
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2015, 11:32:26 PM »
I have a sit in for bremer, brissy border rivers. Hobie pedal for dams, estuaries. A Boat for Larger expanses of water, as well as for the before mentioned on the less than favorable days, weather wise.

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Re: Need some advice between 2 types of kayaks
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2015, 10:19:41 AM »
Thank you for your thoughts it has helped me to lean a certain direction  :youbeauty

I've been told that the tarpon will be good for a medium size trip (10-20 km) . So it should be good to go cruising around in the dams for a half day???? 

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Re: Need some advice between 2 types of kayaks
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