A safe place for "experts."

[amirm]

Michael, you just gave me motivation to go back on my exercise routine! Thanks for that and well done.

 

[dallasjustice]

It's actually more about eating. We've eaten together so you know how wack my diet is. Do you kayak? It looks like you have a pretty nice area for kayaking out front.

 

[amirm]

We have fantastic opportunity for kayaking. And I love to do it. I am just lost in the sea of choices of Kayaks.

Second issue is the worry about falling in the water. Even in summer our water temps barely get above 60s. Beautiful to look at, but you don't want to fall in there. At least I don't .

Anyone who has a suggestion for Kayaks to super calm saltwater please chime in .

 

[dallasjustice]

Maybe you could wear a wetsuit. I remember I went kayaking in tofino, Vancouver island. The instructor told us to never wear cotton. He said that if you fall in "cotton kills."

We have fantastic opportunity for kayaking. And I love to do it. I am just lost in the sea of choices of Kayaks.

Second issue is the worry about falling in the water. Even in summer our water temps barely get above 60s. Beautiful to look at, but you don't want to fall in there. At least I don't .

Anyone who has a suggestion for Kayaks to super calm saltwater please chime in .

 

[Julf]

Anyone who has a suggestion for Kayaks to super calm saltwater please chime in .

My recommendation is a Klepper folding kayak. Extremely stable and seaworthy (you really have to work hard to roll one), carries a lot of stuff if needed, and folds down into the trunk of your car. Only downside is that it is not very fast or light to paddle - but if you do it to keep in shape, that is not necessarily a bad thing

http://www.klepperamerica.com/

 

[amirm]

Thanks Julf. Let me create a new thread on Kayaking and we can discuss them there.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

We have fantastic opportunity for kayaking. And I love to do it. I am just lost in the sea of choices of Kayaks.

Second issue is the worry about falling in the water. Even in summer our water temps barely get above 60s. Beautiful to look at, but you don't want to fall in there. At least I don't .

Anyone who has a suggestion for Kayaks to super calm saltwater please chime in .

Try a still water Kayak on a mountain lake at dawn with a fly rod or some ultra light spin-casting gear. Exercise for the soul.

Tim

 

[Blumlein 88]

We have fantastic opportunity for kayaking. And I love to do it. I am just lost in the sea of choices of Kayaks.

Second issue is the worry about falling in the water. Even in summer our water temps barely get above 60s. Beautiful to look at, but you don't want to fall in there. At least I don't .

Anyone who has a suggestion for Kayaks to super calm saltwater please chime in .

I was jealous of your view there. On the other hand that view if the water is usually too cold to get into changes my opinion. That would frustrate me every day. You probably would want to use a wetsuit that being the case.

I would suggest any of the decent, inexpensive roto-molded plastic kayaks if the water is calm. If you find yourself enjoying it greatly and get some experience you will have a better idea of what you want when you later buy a really nice one. You would probably want a sit in rather than sit on top kayak on that water.

 

[NorthSky]

Don't have to necessarily use a kayak, there are other methods to enjoy the water and stay in shape too:

 

[amirm]

I was jealous of your view there. On the other hand that view if the water is usually too cold to get into changes my opinion. That would frustrate me every day. You probably would want to use a wetsuit that being the case.

Thanks. So what is the difference between wet and dry suits? I thought wet suit was used for diving and allowed water to get in and warm up to body temp. How does it help in this situation?

And doesn't the suit take the fun out of doing this?

I see people kayaking here without any suits. Is it that they are hoping to never falling in there???

 

[NorthSky]

Amir, if these folks are good swimmers and stay close to the shores and don't venture in 30-foot high waves, they are well suited, without the need to wear a wet suit.
It's hard to fall from a kayak, much easier from a canoe.

 

[NorthSky]

Start here and venture as far as you go along:

 

[Blumlein 88]

http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/wetsuit-vs-drysuit-for-paddling/

This will answer your questions.

If you see lots kayaking without a wet/dry suit, maybe the water is warmer than you think.

Personally if it gets very cold I leave kayaking to another day. But I live where there are many such days half the year or more. If I were in your location though I would get the right gear to have fun there.

 

[Mivera]

Great forum Amir. It won't be long before this is the #1 audio forum on the Internet! A place where real engineers can go without being bashed! I'll see what I can do about getting some to contribute

 

[amirm]

Thanks Mike and that would be great.

 

[Jerry]

Well, I was reading this thread as my intro to this forum and going quite well ... but kayaks?

OK, anyway - as a mild non-technical subjectivist I'm happy just to stand mostly in the background and pick up useful nuggets of knowledge from those who know more than I do.

I'm keen to learn, not for its own sake but so I can improve my audio system in a financially sensible way.
Recently, I have been won over by the 'mullet' approach to system building. For those unfamiliar with the phrase it means having a system heavily biased financially to one part of the system. For me that is the speaker - and having bought some MBL speakers for a 5 figure sum I am happy to use low-3 figure or even 2 figure electronics to feed them. A fairly unconventional approach, in my experience, but it's working well for me at the moment.

Onwards ...

 

[amirm]

Welcome to the forum Jerry. All members are welcome to the forum regardless of their ideology.

What you have done makes a lot of sense to me. If there is one place to splurge it is the speakers.

 

[Purité Audio]

Jerry Hi, how nice to see you here, building your system around the speakers is eminently sensible in my opinion,
and I suspect I the opinion of most who post here.
Keith

 

[AJ Soundfield]

If there is one place to splurge it is the speakers.

Finally something sensible from you...

 

[AJ Soundfield]

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What matters is this is what I used to look like.

Good job sir. I'm starting to think I've met the "new" you. Ever been to LSAF?