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Located down on the island and the fiance bought me a sit in kayak last Christmas. I am still in the process of rigging it up, but something that I really want to know is how to stabilize my sit-in to be able to stand up. I am looking to pole around the marsh area and I have started to fly fish.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it!
stand up in my sit-in yak
- TrailChaser
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Re: stand up in my sit-in yak
Everyone I've talked to who has made themselves outriggers say they work great.
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- mpg2yahoo
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Re: stand up in my sit-in yak
That is probably a very bad idea. Recovery from a sit-in yak is way more complicated than with a sot kayak. Especially if you are in deep water and don't have a bilge pump.
Re: stand up in my sit-in yak
I would only stand up in shallow water. I am really aiming at in the marsh or on the flats that are shallow.
- pitontheprowl
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Re: stand up in my sit-in yak
I use to stand in my Featherlite but it can get real tippy too.
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Re: stand up in my sit-in yak
How wide is it? Some of the wider SINKs may be (never tried it myself, so I may be off track here) fairly stable to stand in, as your weight is in the lowest part of the hull. I have seen it done, but never paid much attention to details.
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Re: stand up in my sit-in yak
i agree with thisTrailChaser wrote:Everyone I've talked to who has made themselves outriggers say they work great.
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