Deus Delighted kayaks

I haven't, but my experience with plumb bows has shown me that they collect weeds. I would assume an inverted bow would amplify that behaviour.

Paddling through kelp would likely suck majorly.
 
Those 'Deus' plans are expensive - 290 EUR and up- about double what Bjorn Thomasson and Nick Schade (Guillemot) charge.
Even more expensive is the feeling of wasted labour and materials, if the kayak doesn't perform as hoped.
Like @CPS, I predict excitement when near kelp.
And, surfing down a wave in a submarine? No, thanks.
I also don't find the deck shape very appealing, but tastes vary.
Apparently God likes them? :)
 
I think it's kinda cool looking, so maybe that's enough?

"It's" because all the 'models' are essentially variations on the same layout. Maybe for kelp/weeds one could have a curved wire cutwater attachment called the 'halo'. But you gotta give cudos for the effort.

Deus-models.jpg
 
The deeply recessed front hatch on the Zenith_SG Long Version looks like it will kick up water on the front deck into the paddler's face. This video of it surfing shows it happening a few times.

Interesting designs though, and beautifully finished examples on their website.

The reverse bow reminds me of the Sturgeon-Nose Canoe (pictured below in original and modern materials) used historically by the Sinixt, Ktunaxa, and Kalispel First Nations.


sturgeon-nose-on-kutenai-lake-sm.jpg


sn-canoe080911.jpg
 
The conditions in the video look wonderful! It really does throw water, though.
 
Hey, cool reference, sthwaits.

A possible antecedent, to the kutenai canoe, is the 'omorochka' [smallboat/canoe in russian], a Nanai [but used by other ethnicities] bark boat that also incorporated a reverse bow, but added a built in a forward upcurve that would act as a cutwater or weed-rejector.
It was used in the Amur River, but also out in the ocean too.
Omorochka4-dwgs2b.jpg

On the edge of more open water:
Omorochka4-Nanai1929-ocean-b.jpg


with a sail: [note the V-mast 1929 style! take that Philip!]

Omorochka4-Nanai-Sailing1929b.jpg


Oh yeah, note that these have a little rocker, too! Oh yeah, and a deck.
but returning to the Deus kayaks, they could have an attachment for weed situations, and/or maybe something as a water deflector too.
 
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