I'm looking to race the NW adventure sports triathlon on May 7th in port Gamble which involves a 6mile paddle followed by mtn biking and trail running. I was looking through pictures and noticing that everyone seems to use sea kayaks. I think my burn would be a bit slow for this type of race. I was wondering if anyone on here had a sea kayak or similar boat that I might be able to borrow for the race? I would happily trade beer for a weekend with your boat or we could work out something else.

Thanks in advance.
Adam

yeah, a sea kayak would do- but try to find a narrow one that is 17 or 18'. A lot of sea kayaks are excessively wide and therefore slower. I'd try to find something 21 or 22" wide.

there you go. excellent suggestion.

I don't know how it would paddle solo. I've never tried it. It is quite the beast. The boat weighs 92lbs and like JP suggested, mine is a bit of a pig, due to being wide enough for the general public to be able to paddle it without flipping over.

It just struck me as funny it being a racing boat.

If you can find a good one, there are boats out there that are probably literally twice as fast as mine.

There's nothing quite like paddling glass.

You could use my Necky Chatham 16. It's faster than the Looksha but not really a speed demon. Easy enough to hold about a 4 knot pace if you be in shape. Like JP said, longer and narrow is better in the seaboat department. Mine is a rock garden type boat, hence not being fast.

Lemme know if you wanna.

Scott
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Thanks everyone for the offers and ideas. Unfortunately the race is being bagged for me. I promised to take the girl out camping and its supposed to rain all weekend in port gamble. I was hoping I could do both (could have without the rain) so instead we're going to head somewhere dry. I'm looking for rivers right now. Maybe I'll see you out there.