$6,850 Feathercraft K2 Expedition Kayak Red No Reserve

This listing is for a. I will never forget the day back in about 1992 that i was on a kayaking the sea of cortez and we rounded the tip of an island and there on the beach. Were a fleet of about 8 feathercraft kayaks in bright reds, yellows and a. I had never seen anything like it, it was a complete and. Utter shock to come upon these bright, beautiful exquisite craft on a land. I immediately asked to be able to check them out in detail and i was. Absolutely blown away by the technology that created a boat which turns have better seakeeping than any other kayak and can be folded down into. A duffel bag and packed or flown in to anywhere in the world. It turns out the folks i met on that beach in mexico were a tour group, i got to talking with the leaders and they told me that they led trips. All over the world: class iii whitewater in alaska; paddling among the arctic circle; whale watching in baja; paddling the atolls of the south. I was so excited checking out these amazing boats. Technology just blew me away. But then i heard the price. Nearly as much as the toyota 4 runner i was living out of while i explored baja! And they cost literally 5 times as much as the very nice hardshell i was.

When i got back to the states, i wanted to learn as much as i could about. The feathercraft and maybe find a way to afford one. This was before the world.

Afford one of these boats. In the mean time, i read what i could find about.

Generally, when you have an article that is folding, like a folding chair or a folding bike, the item is not nearly as good a chair. Or a bike as one that does not fold.

We put up with an article that is less. Comfortable, less sturdy, less functional, in order to gain the ability to. Fold the item so it takes up less space when you want it to. Most people would not want a folding bike to ride a strenuous trail or a.

Folding chair to sit at your desk all day, every day. Amazing about feathercraft, i began to learn, is that the folding design. Actually makes the kayak better. It makes the boat safer, less tippy, more comfortable, able to carry more gear, etc. How does it do that you may ask? Well it’s interesting to note that as far as we know, the first eskimo kayaks. Were more like a feathercraft than a hardshell kayak.

Stretched over a frame of bone and/or wood. And the skin does something marvelous. That a hardshell kayak cannot do, it flexes and in a way becomes one with. The ocean as the water pushes in one place the boat can absorb that and.
This makes the boat less tippy, particularly when paddling with. Waves coming across the beam as we sometimes must. So that’s an ancient advantage. Of a skin kayak that feathercraft captures by stretching their high tech.

You get in a feathercraft to paddle and you see these 2 long hoses by the seat. With what looks like a valve that goes on a blow up air mattress like a paco pad. These tubes allow you to “tune” the kayak by inflating the sponsons. Which are long, narrow inflatable pockets or tubes running almost the full length.
Of the kayak, right near the waterline. The safety and stability of the feathercraft kayak and provide a enormous advantage. Furthermore, the sponsons take up no storage space whereas.

Flotation bags and similar devices used in hardshell boats fill up precious. And the sponsons work much better since the flotation is where.

You need it most, right along the waterline. A small amount of flotation placed.

So anyway, after my initial love at first sight with the feathercrafts after meeting them. On that deserted island, i did my due diligence and found that they were. Not only beautiful and instantly desirable for their beauty and their brilliance, they were actually safer and better for all purposes than hardshell kayaks.
There was only one downside: cost. And when i was 25, $6,000 for a kayak really. Was a big downside, believe me! But if cost were no object, the feathercraft. Kayaks might be the only kind of kayaks that exist, as they are superior many ways.

One thing i have found in life is that when you see something you really, really, really want, it changes you forever. Whether that something is your. Future wife, a red sports car, or a brightly colored fleet of feathercraft, seeing that thing changes you and you want to do whatever it takes to have.

This weekend i went and checked my “boat room” an old cold storage room for storing fruits and vegetables through the winter. That is on the farm where we live no bad smells, don’t worry! Racks built down there to hold some of my boats. I went down there sunday.

And omg, i have 23 boats. That would be one thing if i. Lived by the ocean, but i live in the middle of the desert and i work insane d i hardly get to go boating anymore and when i do go boating, i have to young son with me and i have 23 boats. I think that a kind of craziness. Came over me after i fell in love with these feathercraft or should i call them.

We’ll probably want something a bit bigger. But there is simply no way that the 3 of us can paddle 23 boats at a time! For right now, the plan is to sell 2 feathercraft k2’s, one red that is in this listing, then one teal color.

And 2 feathercraft k1’s, both red. And 2 little jackson whitewater kayaks, a blue one my son fore ever getting it in the water and a red one he paddled 2-3 hours on. For now, i think the 4 feathercraft and the. 2 jackson’s are all i can part with. Lest anyone feel sad about the 6.
Onto 6 feathercraft, 6 sotars, 3 aire boats, and a couple miscellaneous we won’t be exactly boatless! But actually, that is not the case. “hardest core” of my collection. Are all from the expedition series, these are the ones feathercraft is famous d the ones that are used by explorers, adventurers, outfitters and so on. I’m not going to take my precious son to dodge icebergs in the.

I did some great adventures as a young man, and i got it out system. Friends still invite me for arctic trips and wild runs on the big.

Whitewater in idaho with drysuits mandatory and very, very real risks. Those things no longer hold as much attraction for me since i can’t do them. I find myself just wanting to float gently down small rapids. With my son, seeing the wilderness and the world through new eyes as he all in. Maybe in a few years when he is bigger i’ll need the expedition.

Level gear again, i don’t know. But for now, these boats seem wasted. Don’t have any plans to use them.

I hope someone who is reading this paddle among glaciers in these boats, or to explore the andaman sea or. The maldives or any of the other wonderful parts of planet earth that lend.

Ahh, it’s fun just to think about! So, on to the specifics of this boat. This is a 1993 feathercraft k2 expedition. This is the top of the line, the biggest, most capable and most expensive. Kayak feathercraft makes and has ever made.

They have made these now since 1980, so 30 years it has been. Wow, life goes by fast doesn’t it? A number of changes over the years, some major and some minor. For example, i bought a 2007 k1 and there is no way that i could. I looked at how tight the cockpit on that thing was, and. I immediately knew i would have to put that boat up for sale, i did not even.

Take the boat down to the lake to test her out. My guess is that for every. Paddler out there, he or she will have a different opinion of which changes. Are good and which are bad, and if you try enough of these boats then you will, like goldilocks, find the one that is just right for you. It may not be what is. Fc’s than in some of the newer ones. If i were shorter, and especially skinnier, i might favor the newer ones. But then again, i might not. Before 1990, the boats did not have coamings, they used a zipper on the top deck. Fiberglass coamings came out in 1990, i think this was universally preferred. This allows you to have a very solid coaming to attach a spray skirt to, to paddle braces, to aid in getting in and out of the boat, and so on. Gave a much more modern look.

I think after 1990 is when these really began to. Take off, it is pretty rare to see a pre-1990 boat come up for sale. This boat, like most of the ones you will see for sale, uses a cordura deck. The cordura deck works great, but it is subject to sun fading.

I do understand that, and. I think that if anything the fading probably looks slightly worse in person.

Used twice, by a little old lady, in fresh water, in her bathtub actually, for 15 minutes, and then she had it professionally washed and waxed… With that said, if you really get out there and start adventuring, a little sun fading on your deck will not be much of a worry for you, i assure you! I did have my staff go ahead and put a fresh coat of the formula 303 high. Tech fabric guard on the boat prior to packing it up for you.
Have them put a fresh coat of boeshield t9 lubricant on the frame cause you should do that right before you assemble the boat. Boeshield t9 is included for you, and this boat has always been properly. Lubed and does not have any seized parts as some used feathercraft may. In 2000, feathercraft switched to a new kind of deck that does not fade, or at least not much or not yet. That new material is more plasticy, and early boats with it exhibit some weird and ugly fraying along edges, but. They seem to have corrected that in later ones i’ve seen. New material is probably better than the cordura, and if cost is no object.

However, there are always trade-offs in life. And in addition to the higher cost, the newest models, since 2006, feature a new design called a built in. Coaming that is different than the handmade fiberglass coamings that. I’ve been told that fc discontinued the handmade fiberglass.

Let cost stop them, but maybe people did not like working with the fiberglass. (i know i do not, so that is why i think of that). Or maybe there was some.

Folding kayaks before, such as kleppers, but they never made such an impression. On me as the feathercraft because i did not want a canoe with a huge the deck for ocean kayaking i do love canoes for other purposes, of course! The feathercraft’s most amazing feature to me, at that time, was that it had. All the virtues of a hardshell like a rigid coaming to attach a normal spray.

Skirt to, and you could fold the boat into a backpack. I have seen a lot of comments to the effect that many people would like.

Feathercraft to go back to the handmade coamings. And who knows, maybe they will, or more likely they will invent and try something different.

Fabulous company to deal with, exceedingly friendly, always very prompt to. And always looking to improve. Even on the older boats, if over. The years they find that a certain part is breaking, they will find a way to.

All photos are of the actual item being listed. The feathercraft k2 folding kayak is used and in good condition with a few. The starboard underside skin has a small patch w 1 x. L 7, which is well sealed and does not leak. As with any used boat there. Are other signs of normal use on the bottom, besides the patch work. Kayaking is an inherently dangerous sport. Please be sure to obtain proper.

Training before undertaking any kayaking activity. Carefully upon receipt and immediately notify us if you find any defects or. Problems with the boat not described here.

High end zone, its owners, contractors and employees, will not be liable for any injury, death or loss. Of any kind resulting from use of this kayak. $6,850 feathercraft k2.2 passenger kayak.

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