| Having purchased a Sundance Perception kayak from | | | | carbon paddles were much lighter and better than |
| my local kayak dealer with a spray skirt thrown in | | | | mine and he does have weirdly Popeye like forearms. |
| about six weeks ago, I was eager to get my paddles | | | | That together with the fact I am about two and a half |
| wet and see how this kayak performed in the water. | | | | stone heavier didn't help much either! |
| I had previously paddled a Sundance and from first | | | | We had decided to test the perception kayaks at sea |
| impressions was impressed but I only had a short time | | | | or to be precise the Walton Channel which is a tidal |
| in it and for me anyway until you are in your own | | | | estuary. The tide was against us going out but we did |
| kayak you never really can tell just how suitable the | | | | have the wind behind us. We were both very pleased |
| boat will be for short and long distance kayak travels. | | | | how well the perception kayaks performed as they |
| I had been itching to get back out in the water has it | | | | felt fast, solid and very stable. We only had the bare |
| had been nearly six months due to the winter months | | | | essential kayak accessories with us such as life |
| and DIY commitments since my last paddle in my | | | | jackets, mobile phones and a flask so we were as |
| trusty Sevylor ranger inflatable kayak. | | | | weightless as possible. |
| I was looking forward to the extra speed and tracking | | | | We found the Perception kayaks handled very well |
| the rigid body kayak would have over my inflatable | | | | and could be maneuvered with minimal effort. Although |
| kayak and I was not wrong. Within a few paddle | | | | we were only paddling for a couple of hours we had |
| strokes of putting in the difference was noticeable. | | | | no backache or discomfort due to the fully adjustable |
| That is not to say the Sundance was the best tracking | | | | and padded kayak seats in these boats. |
| kayak in the world but at only nine and a half feet long | | | | Soon we were at Stone Point beachhead sitting |
| it certainly does not do a bad job and tracks better | | | | around a disused camp fire having a well earned drink |
| than any inflatable kayak I have used. It feels like the | | | | before we had to head back down the Walton |
| spitfire of the kayaking world. Small and compact, yet | | | | channel. I was filled with vigour and enjoying my first |
| fast and non claustrophobic. | | | | paddle out of the season in the very tidy and versatile |
| I was paddling with a friend who was also in a | | | | Sundance Perception kayak and was looking forward |
| Sundance Perception kayak. Strangely he was | | | | to the paddle back. |
| travelling at a faster rate than I was but then his | | | | |