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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Yucaipa, CA
Posts: 1,136
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 65
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Yep today was a an awesome day for him and I. Best upper body work out ever. On a serious note, that God there were no swells or waves. That would've been bad news.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Santa Ana/Westminster
Posts: 1,258
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Flipped on my first outing too, inside the bay no less.
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"Relax"
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: O'side
Posts: 554
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Flipped my yak first time out, also. LJ and fought a sea lion for my yt while in the water. Just learn from your mistakes and be prepared. I love fishing from my yak. Best fishing rush I've ever had. I worked the boats from the age of 14 and fished and worked long range for a couple of years fishing 300# yft. Still kayak fishing is the most awesome rush ever. Don't give up but be more aware and safe.
Good luck and looking forward to your next post... Geno
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: The I. E.
Posts: 353
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What an adventure. Love your "never say die" attitude. Sorry that you lost your rod and killed your phone. At least no one was hurt and everyone is alive. On the plus side, you learned all your "what not to do" kayaking lessons during a single trip. Get that hatch situation fixed asap. You may have flipped because your yak took on too much water. Some water in a yak is ok, but too much makes things very unstable. That's why I hate leaky hatches.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,910
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First of all sorry for the bad experience. Material items though costly can be replaced in time.
By sharing you are helping others to learn from your experience. Thanks for posting. If you decide to change to a Malibu Xfactor 33" wide, which is considered very stable, I have one for sale. Check the other board for pictures and information. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: SD County
Posts: 360
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Good news!
As long as you are the kind that learns from his mistakes, you took in a lot of hard lessons and survived. I have been going out for a year now and haven't dumped yet. Part of that is because I haven't surf launched my outback yet. I Soooo want to try LJ, but I am going to do Mission bay when it warms up, and practice getting back in my yak again. The one time I did it I was successful, but it took way too much work. I gotta figure out a better technique that doesn't wear me out.
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Made in U.S.A.
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Dana Point
Posts: 1,625
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Wow bad start. Hopefully you were wearing your PFD. Best thing you did right was going with a buddy. Keep your seat in the low position until you learn your balance. Try lowering the water level in your tank too so you're not top heavy. Leash your rods. Get a hand bilge pump. You got a nice story out of it!
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