Whitewater Forum: Kayak Rental/Repair

Kayak Rental/Repair

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Topic: Kayak Rental/Repair

Posted By: ChrisH
Subject: Kayak Rental/Repair
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2012 at 7:36pm

I’ll be coming out to Seattle the week of the 4^th and am looking to borrow a creek boat for a few days so hopefully somebody can help me out. I’m flying out from the Midwest to meet some friends June 30 and hoping to paddle through the 4^th on some of the easier runs out there. I’d rather not have to deal with flying a boat out and am considering a couple of different options so hopefully one of them works out. I’d prefer to pay something like $60 and a case of beer for something I can paddle for those days. I’ve also welded several boats and would be willing to take a cracked boat, fix it so I can paddle it and return repaired. Can anybody help me out or offer some cheap rental suggestions?

Thanks!

Chris

Replies:

Posted By: Tobin
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2012 at 9:33pm

Where in the 'midwest' are you coming from?

What size boat do you need?

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Sure?

Posted By: James
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 9:50am

Tobin, Chris is from OHio.

lol, j/k I don't know where he is from, but I would suggest just renting a boat from Aquasports.... Anywhere in the midwest is close enough to OH...

Posted By: ChrisH
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 10:09am

Fortunately I dont live in a corn field or anywhere near Ohio:) I'm actually coming out from Minnesota. And yes we do have whitewater here but our season is just short as fu*k! So I'm stoked to get some padlding in while I'm out there! I considered Aquasports but if I have to rent would prefer to drive to Kayak Shed since their rental prices are very reasonable.

Ideally I'd still like to find a cheaper/easier way than heading out to Hood River area just for a boat. For yak sizes I'm currently paddling a Villain S and love it. Much more volume or length might not be ideal for me. I started creeking in a Mamba 8.0 and a similar high volume river runner would also work great!

I'm also pretty experienced, have a solid roll and a good crew to paddle with so I won't be reckless with your gear and beat it up. Let me know...

Posted By: firewater
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2012 at 11:16am

I have a cracked Nomad 8.5 that you could possibly borrow. Possibly meaning I'm not sure its repairable. I'd almost call it a split. Feel free to use anything possible to cover the crack, I mean split

I'll send pics a little later.

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