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Welcome to our KAYAK page
Our first kayaks were Necky Santa Cruize singles. They are very nice recreational boats, but we soon realised that we would have to upgrade before we do longer trips. The Santa Cruize is fitted with a skeg, not a rudder, and is not very fast. Long trips would therefore require a lot more effort due to the slower pace and lack of decent directional stability.
We eventually traded our single kayaks in for a Necky Amaruk double touring kayak. This was the best thing we ever did, for on our first paddle in the new boat we managed to do 10 km, a distance we could never achieve with the recreational single kayaks. The Amaruk has a retractable rudder, and two hatches for storing camping equipment etc.
We transport our kayak on the roof of a Land Rover, which is high and makes loading difficult. To make it easier on ourselves we decided to trade the heavy Necky Amaruk in on a much lighter fiberglass boat. The new boat is a Kaskazi Duo, designed and built locally by Leon Franken in Cape Town.
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