I'm so excited about this that I have to share it with you guys. A couple of days ago, my daughter's Christmas present arrived at the store where I work.
First, a little background -- all three of my kids have been paddling since they were a very young age -- mainly in the front of our Pygmy Double. As they've gotten older they've progressed to single boats. Earlier this year, my youngest daughter, who is nine years old, started paddling on her own. I brought home a kid's kayak called the Acadia Scout, from Perception Kayaks -- and she took to it incredibly well. The Scout is not a bad boat, but it's not fast, and it doesn't track extremely well. On the grand scale of things, it's more of a rec boat than a touring boat. Regardless of it's shortcomings, it's one of the only boats designed specifically for pint-sized paddlers and my daughter absolutely loves paddling it. A few months ago I made up my mind that I was going to get her a Scout for Christmas. Everything was going fine until we received the new catalog from Current Designs. In this catalog is a new boat for this year -- a kid's sized boat called the Raven.
The Raven is a fiberglass/kevlar fully capable touring kayak designed to fit kids. It's 12 feet long by 20 inches wide and weighs 26 pounds, and is a "real" sea kayak in every detail from the hatches and bulkheads to the deck rigging and seat. My little girl needs this boat.
How could I not get one for her?
I've posted more pictures of the boat on my website.
I can hardly wait for Christmas morning to see my daughters face when she sees this waiting for her.
First, a little background -- all three of my kids have been paddling since they were a very young age -- mainly in the front of our Pygmy Double. As they've gotten older they've progressed to single boats. Earlier this year, my youngest daughter, who is nine years old, started paddling on her own. I brought home a kid's kayak called the Acadia Scout, from Perception Kayaks -- and she took to it incredibly well. The Scout is not a bad boat, but it's not fast, and it doesn't track extremely well. On the grand scale of things, it's more of a rec boat than a touring boat. Regardless of it's shortcomings, it's one of the only boats designed specifically for pint-sized paddlers and my daughter absolutely loves paddling it. A few months ago I made up my mind that I was going to get her a Scout for Christmas. Everything was going fine until we received the new catalog from Current Designs. In this catalog is a new boat for this year -- a kid's sized boat called the Raven.
The Raven is a fiberglass/kevlar fully capable touring kayak designed to fit kids. It's 12 feet long by 20 inches wide and weighs 26 pounds, and is a "real" sea kayak in every detail from the hatches and bulkheads to the deck rigging and seat. My little girl needs this boat.
How could I not get one for her?
I've posted more pictures of the boat on my website.
I can hardly wait for Christmas morning to see my daughters face when she sees this waiting for her.
