drahcir
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Are you a smaller person, paddling a kayak too wide for you, so that your boat handles like a barge? Are you interested in a sea kayak, where you can grow your technique? This is a true sea kayak, not a 'recreational kayak'. It's good for lakes or for the ocean. This fiberglass Avocet sea kayak was produced by the well known British firm, Valley Canoe Products. It is in unusually good condition, almost like new. It is a nimble 16’ kayak, intended for the small to medium sized person. These are no longer produced, but would have cost ~$3900 new plus tax. It comes with a spray skirt. The Avocet specs are:
• 3 Hatches (bow, stern, and day hatches)
• Skeg (works easily and smoothly)
• Length 488 cm (16')
• Width 56 cm (22")
• Weight 24 kg (53 lbs)
• Load Suitability 46 – 82 kg (101 - 181 lbs)
• Coaming: length 83.82 cm (33"), width 45.7 cm (18")
• Suggested Paddler Weight: 100 - 190 lbs
• Serial #: DKJAV129K607
Although Valley makes splendid sea kayaks, the Valley hatch covers tend to decompose with time. However, the bow and stern covers have been replaced by new, long lasting Sea-Lect hatch covers (photo shows old hatch covers). The kayak also has a keel strip and an under deck storage location for a manual bilge pump.
$2000 USD cash, price firm.
• 3 Hatches (bow, stern, and day hatches)
• Skeg (works easily and smoothly)
• Length 488 cm (16')
• Width 56 cm (22")
• Weight 24 kg (53 lbs)
• Load Suitability 46 – 82 kg (101 - 181 lbs)
• Coaming: length 83.82 cm (33"), width 45.7 cm (18")
• Suggested Paddler Weight: 100 - 190 lbs
• Serial #: DKJAV129K607
Although Valley makes splendid sea kayaks, the Valley hatch covers tend to decompose with time. However, the bow and stern covers have been replaced by new, long lasting Sea-Lect hatch covers (photo shows old hatch covers). The kayak also has a keel strip and an under deck storage location for a manual bilge pump.
$2000 USD cash, price firm.
