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Steve Blackburn
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Initially Posted - 02/22/2008 : 01:13:52

I just bought 2 of these from WM. $249 - $100 = $149! (and free shipping for you lucky Americans).

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 05:32:07

That deal sounds tempting.

I bet that Skedaddle could be used to ride the waves at the shore (ie. Outerbanks, NC)

I have seen them before...maybe I will stop at WM and take another look !

Edited by - OLarryR on 02/22/2008 05:38:46

cat1951
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 08:22:08

Well maybe it is a special just for you Cannucks. I have been looking for a kayak for the lake near our home. When I looked on the website and put in "kayak" in the search, the skedaddle did not show, and the clearance price is still $249.... And when I did find it, I had to put in the search 'skedaddle' to locate it. And alas it is too short for the lake. They require a minimum of 9' for boats and it is 8'4"

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 08:29:04

If you're a "really good" WM customer, you got an e-mail with a coupon for the $100 off. I bought one for $50 off at Christmas and added a second with this sale. Friends have one and love it--they should be great for taking along on cruises.

BTW, WM's clearing them out because they have a "new improved" model for $299--check the 2008 catalog. Half of that sounded good to me.

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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 08:36:00

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by cat1951
 And alas it is too short for the lake. They require a minimum of 9' for boats and it is 8'4"
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I wonder how an 8" bowsprit would look on a kayak... Maybe a rudder would be 8" long.

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cat1951
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 09:34:04

Hmmm...that's a good question. Since we have a paved road behind our house to the lake, I am planning to buy a set of portage wheels so I could roll it to the lake. Maybe I could design and install a pulling handle....

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 11:56:59

I was just checking the WM link off the Links page here and right on the opening screen is the Skedaddle with $100 off.

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cat1951
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 12:09:01

Yep...it's there... I probably didn't get the coupon because I have had a change in my e-mail.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 12:15:16

You'll love that Kayak.
Its a good idea to get a manual pump that has a pressure gauge built into it. They recommend that you do not use an electric pump. They are quick and easy to pump up and assemble.
These Kayaks are made by Advanced Elements, for WM.

If you go on a vacation to a beach destination, take them with you, we had a blast with ours.

The question now is, what paddle? We ended up buying four piece carbon fibre feathering paddles - so they would fit in the kayak bag. We paid $245 per paddle.
You can get paddles for cheap but I strongly recommend that you get good ones - you should probably spend close to $100 per paddle. If you go to Aquabatics or similar rental place, you can testdrive a variety of paddles before you buy.

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 12:21:24

Did not buy the paddle yet. Will check out Aquabatics, thanks.

Use the coupon code KAYAK and you'll get your $100. I had to pay $54 twice (2 kayaks) to get it to Canada. You Americans get shipping free.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 13:10:38

Steve,

Before you do that, call White Squall outfitters on Georgian bay. I believe they are having their used gear sale right around now (selling off last year's rental fleet). Another option is Algonquin outfitters in Dwight. Google either one of them, they are both very service oriented paddle shops, and would likely ship to you. You may get used or discontinued, but it will be top of the line used or discontinued equipment.

Oops. Forgot - Algonquin now has their used sale as part of the Swift Canoe traveling sale (and has for the past 5 or 6 years). Try contacting Swift Canoe.

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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 13:27:36

This is an interesting disclaimer from WM:
Note about Skedaddle coupon offer
Unfortunately, there was a typographical error in the printed coupon book which incorrectly reflected the original price and sale after coupon price for the skedaddle one inflatable kayak. The coupon above represents the corrected original price of $249.99 and the price after coupon of $149.99. As a result of this typographical error, we will not be able to honor the incorrect price of $179.88 before coupon as printed in the coupon book.

Steve A

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 02/22/2008 : 13:38:16

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I had to pay $54 twice (2 kayaks) to get it to Canada. You Americans get shipping free.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Steve, have them shipped to me. The next time we are in Calgary I'll drop them off to you.

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mr_clean
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 04:44:34

The Skedadle isn't a bad kayak, I bought mine about a year ago and keep it in the office ( my semi )under my bunk, and pull it out every chance I can.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 12:01:25

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Blackburn
 I had to pay $54 twice (2 kayaks) to get it to Canada. You Americans get shipping free.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Do you have a WM store around? If they don't have 'em, and it's shipped to them, there's no shipping charge (unless CN is different).

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 15:26:37

I brought up the subject of why not get one of these kayaks - great discount. My wife shot the idea down. We have a Sevylor Tahiti Classic 2 person inflatable canoe and she feels that is enough...and we do not even use that one so much..... so I crawled back into the family room to look at other potential sailboat purchases.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 18:50:17

The Sevylor is a toy compared to these kayaks.
I wouldn't go into water deeper than my waist with anything Sevylor made and I certainly wouldn't send my children out to play in one.

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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 18:52:53

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Do you have a WM store around?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
There is no WM store here. Closest one is Vancouver, 1,000 KM's away.

There was a boat show here last weekend. We learned that there are more boats (mostly powerboats) sold in Alberta than anywhere else in Canada. But we don't have a major marine store.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 23:02:24

Maybe all the Sevylor's are not the same. It is certainly not a high priced, high quality watercraft but it has lasted for many, many years. I have indicated in earlier postings that I and many others have not been able to make full use of their canoe because it does not follow a straight line when paddling. But then I found out that Sevylor came out with a skeg that can be attached to all or many of their older models. This $15 skeg has turned our canoe from a toy to at least a useable canoe and we have used it on lakes and on the bayside of the Outerbanks, NC.

In regards to sturdiness, all I can say is that for at least 4 of the past 8 years, we have brought it to the Outerbanks and the kids have used it in the waves on the ocean side. They have ridden it in with the waves and it has been thrown in the air and dumped upon but it has never developed a leak. However, it certainly is not of the type construction found on more expensive canoes and kayaks. The Sevylor Classic Tahiti sells for about $100 - $130 and so probably in that price range, it has quality equal to other inflatable canoes and kayaks in same price range. If I was really into river rapids, I probably would get a solid fiberglass, aluminum or etc constructed canoe/kayak so that it would hold up to sticks and branches that could poke a hole into an inflatable.

Edited by - OLarryR on 02/23/2008 23:03:51

Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 02/24/2008 : 01:23:36

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by stampeder
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Do you have a WM store around?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
There is no WM store here. Closest one is Vancouver, 1,000 KM's away.

There was a boat show here last weekend. We learned that there are more boats (mostly powerboats) sold in Alberta than anywhere else in Canada. But we don't have a major marine store.
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If Alberta is where the most boats are sold in Canada then that's pretty sad. Tells much of the alarmist state of the boat industry these days. One would think BC would be the winner, but after Vancouverites are done paying for the mortgage, taxes and other things they have no money for a boat, and that is even sadder. I would believe that most NEW boats are sold here, but still I wonder where they all are? Showing off in the driveway maybe? The Admiral and I went to this years Calgary boat show and had a great laugh looking at the trailers with mag wheels. It's just for showing off.

We don't have any real marine stores around here. Mostly ordered from the E or W coasts and even more so from the USA. I was wondering if I'm gonna get hit pretty hard by customs taxes? Last time I bought my great BBQ I thought I've done the deal of the century until UPS charged me something like $80-$100 of taxes and fees (about that don't remember exactly). This time I used Air Parcel Post which I remembered someone here telling me that this is the cheapest way.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 02/24/2008 : 13:21:07

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by stampeder
 There is no WM store here. Closest one is Vancouver, 1,000 KM's away...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Just grasping here... Any chance they could order it for you and then ship it to you? Would that circumvent customs, or would they be charged?

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Response Posted - 02/24/2008 : 13:37:54

Yes, you could order it from a Canadian WM store and have them ship it and therefore avoid customs. Shipping one from Vancouver to Calgary would cost $32.
I ordered a double inflatable Kayak last fall, it was shipped from Vancouver BC, and was originally shipped to Vancouver from California where it was made.
Customs is always a crap-shoot. If it comes by Express Post the cost is almost always predictable but if you use FedEx or UPS you are at their mercy because they have their own arrangements with Customs Brokers - and for the uninitiated, Customs Brokers are people who have an office at the border and charge you whatever they want for filling in a Government form.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 02/24/2008 : 14:05:16

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">It is certainly not a high priced, high quality watercraft but it has lasted for many, many years.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I've had several Sevylor inflatables, and a couple other cheapos I've bought at Target. When they are treated as toys they are fun and do the job and when they inevitably fail, its not a big deal because they were cheap.
That said - I always get a little anxious when I see them mis-used, which i what did when I was young and stupid. My daughter was about 10 years old and happily messing about in one in the waves off Vancouver Island when it collapsed and sank. The water wasn't very deep and she swam away from it with a smile on her face. It was a big adventure. I recall that it was a Tahitian Canoe.
This past summer an older couple launched a brand new one (yellow Sevylor Tahiti) from the beach by my mooring ball. Gramma was lilly dipping up front while Grampa was flailing away behind her. They had no control of that thing, and were eventually carried off by the current to the rocks on the other side of the lake, beside the dam.
Fortunatley for them, several sailors were watching out for them and went over in a Zodiac and towed them back to the beach.

Also, watched an embarrassed mooring ball neighbour paddle in circle 8's all the way from his moored sailboat to the dock. He had a $39 inflatable and a plastic paddle. Next weekend he had a Sevylor add-on skeg. It helped but he was still sitting on the bottom of a toy boat in water cold enough to put frost on your beer cans.

Sevylor and all those cheapo brands are just fine if used properly.
But it still brings the Collie out in me when I see one mis-used.

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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 02/24/2008 : 15:20:49

So I should've ordered straight from the Vancouver WM? Wouldn't they have told me to order online?

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Response Posted - 02/25/2008 : 08:06:29

Steve,

If either you or stamp find yourselves in TO, call ahead, and I could arrange storage of your stuff. In this case, you could have ordered the 'Yak to the Toronto Store, and I could have picked it up for you. Next time you were up this way, you could just pick it up.

Alternatively, I could ship it out west for you, although Canada Post has become kinda pricey for that. Maybe Greyhound or Via would work out better...

Edited by - Prospector on 02/25/2008 08:09:04

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Response Posted - 02/25/2008 : 12:16:24

you can also check with the Victoria store.
WM always tries to sell what they inventory - so you often benefit from calling to other locations.

In the case of the Skedaddles, they had a lot in inventory in California.

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