New ride finaly arrived

[JohnMckroidJr]

Congratulations on your maiden voyage, and appreciate the well-detailed critique. Sounds like a nice fast kayak! I hope that cut was not from the kayak? In Florida, it's too hot for a wetsuit, so sitting in water would get old pretty fast. I look at Stealth Kayaks as a rougher weather quick trip possibility. There is a Stealth rep not too far from where I live. I need to take the time to do some test uses of the various yaks he has in storage. Thanks.

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

Congratulations on your maiden voyage, and appreciate the well-detailed critique. Sounds like a nice fast kayak! I hope that cut was not from the kayak? In Florida, it's too hot for a wetsuit, so sitting in water would get old pretty fast. I look at Stealth Kayaks as a rougher weather quick trip possibility. There is a Stealth rep not too far from where I live. I need to take the time to do some test uses of the various yaks he has in storage. Thanks.

Thanks for taking the time to read the post. I think the cut was from the handle or one of the fittings or something. I couldn't find anything shark or abrasive coming off of the kayak but it for sure happened as i was getting into the kayak as described. and other than water and sand there was nothing else that would have been able to cut me in that instance.

[BenCantrell]

Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

Congratulations on your maiden voyage, and appreciate the well-detailed critique. Sounds like a nice fast kayak! I hope that cut was not from the kayak? In Florida, it's too hot for a wetsuit, so sitting in water would get old pretty fast. I look at Stealth Kayaks as a rougher weather quick trip possibility. There is a Stealth rep not too far from where I live. I need to take the time to do some test uses of the various yaks he has in storage. Thanks.

Let me know if you do. I'll make the drive down and join you!

[SoCalEDC]

Clocked 7.5mph per my garmin instinct watch on saturday morning. Paddling in the harbor, low traffic, no fishing gear so load was pretty light. I had my fish finder with me just for the speedo and gps and that registered 7.2mph as the fastest speed.

Both were recorded during a sprint. 4.5-5mph was a reasonable cruising speed with a good duration of glide when I stop paddling.

Height 5'10" weight 212# athletic build

full carbon RPC3 mid wing paddle set to about 218cm with a +15° feather

Still getting used to paddling a relatively narrow kayak i may have to shorten the paddle down to maybe 216 or 217cm and I need to find the right feather. I always mess with it on the water and after using that paddle for a year I cant ever remember exactly how I like it.

[JohnMckroidJr]

Stoke!

[Baja_Traveler]

I had a Pro Fisha some years ago - there used to be a dealer up in Sacramento. It was super fast, but not as stable as I would have liked. Nearly rolled it several times out off La Jolla when I was concentrating on fishing and not watching the swell. You reminded me of the skeg digging into the sand at launch and landing when shallow - definitely needs getting used to. I also hated the narrow foot wells on that boat, so narrow I could not wear deck shoes and was forced to wear neoprene booties or go barefoot. And oh yea, having a wet ass all day - remember it well. It looks like they still use that crazy over complicated double over strap to get into the hatch. If I always did surf launches it would have been an awesome boat besides the shortcomings, but traded it off for something more useful to me.

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by Baja_Traveler

I had a Pro Fisha some years ago - there used to be a dealer up in Sacramento. It was super fast, but not as stable as I would have liked. Nearly rolled it several times out off La Jolla when I was concentrating on fishing and not watching the swell. You reminded me of the skeg digging into the sand at launch and landing when shallow - definitely needs getting used to. I also hated the narrow foot wells on that boat, so narrow I could not wear deck shoes and was forced to wear neoprene booties or go barefoot. And oh yea, having a wet ass all day - remember it well. It looks like they still use that crazy over complicated double over strap to get into the hatch. If I always did surf launches it would have been an awesome boat besides the shortcomings, but traded it off for something more useful to me.

What is the point of this post?

Did you share something similar on the facebook thread regarding the fusion 480 when those came out?

I Vaguely remember the same complaints from someone who had previously owned a pf525 and posted about it there. I just assumed it was someone who had poor paddling/kayaking fundamentals and was probably too large for the kayak they were using.