Sea Eagle Boating & Kayaking Blog

“At Christmas, my wife Bev was teaching the local Lihirian kids how to paddle our Sea Eagle kayak. Their normal mode of transport on the water is a dugout canoe with outrigger. As you can see from the photos they loved it and became experts in no time. We continue with the exploration of this amazing place in our Sea Eagle and congratulations on a great product.”

It’s always fascinating to hear from Sea Eagle boaters from all around the globe and learn about their boating experiences half a world away.

We recently received an email from Paul and Bev Hinton who call Austrailia home but live and work in Paupa New Guinea (PNG) in the gold mining industry. They own a Sea Eagle 420 Explorer Kayak.

“My wife and I have a Sea Eagle kayak which we have currently on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea. I brought the kayak to enable me to explore the many wonderful waterways and inlets around the island and it has proven to be a very stable platform for activities from photography, fishing, snorkeling and just pure fun with the local Lihirian kids.”

“We are based in Paupa New Guinea…”

Would you agree it's a different world in Paupa New Guinea? Photo courtesy Wikipedia

“My wife Bev and I work for an Newcrest Mining, a large Australian gold mining company. We are currently based at Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG). I am commissioning manager for the project and Bev works in the administration department.

We work three weeks on and two weeks off, flying to Lihir Island from our home in Bunbury, Western Australia which is two hours south of Perth.

South Pacific volcanic islands

Lihir is made up of four small volcanic islands that form part of the New Ireland Province of PNG and is home to native Lihirian people. They are very friendly and welcoming which is quite refreshing.

“My wife and I have a Sea Eagle kayak which we have currently on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea. I brought the kayak to enable me to explore the many wonderful waterways and inlets around the island and it has proven to be a very stable platform for activities from photography, fishing, snorkeling and just pure fun with the local Lihirian kids.” Paul's photo shows Putput Village on Paupa New Guinea's Lahir Island.

Lihir is an island made for exploration by small boat thus the reason to choose Sea Eagle 420 Explorer kayak. It’s light and easy to carry when required but stable enough to deal with the open oceans around the island.

Water depth here drops away very quickly to in excess of 200 meters (656 feet) within 150 meters (492 feet) from the shore and is surrounded by reef and bommies (shallow coarl reefs) so having a shallow draft boat is a definite advantage and the tough lining on the Explorer kayak’s hull is also reassuring.

“I’d never owned an inflatable kayak.”

I have owned a kayak in one form or another for many years now and find it a great way to get to those out-of-the-way places either inland, through river systems, or along the coastline, exploring the coastal bays and mangroves. I had never owned an inflatable kayak before but it suits my needs here for transport and storage.

I researched inflatable kayaks on the internet and the Sea Eagle name stood out among the others on quality and pricing so I placed an order online and it was waiting for me in Australia upon my arrival home on R&R around ten days later. Great service!”

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A careful consumer, Jay test-assembled his FoldCat 440fc in his dads converted garage before taking it out on the water. This practice run speeded up on-site assembly by 50%.

We recently received a very thoughtful and thorough hands-on review of our 4-man Sea Eagle FoldCat 440fc from Jay Adkins, of Valdosta, GA. Here are Jay’s candid observations after receiving, test-assembling, and taking the FoldCat out on the water.

“I saw the Sea Eagle FoldCat for the first time on one of the sportsman channels. I went on the internet, started researching the product, and eventually showed it to my dad. He thought the product was so unique that he purchased the 4-man FoldCat 440fc so we could try and do some fishing together. He was looking for something that we could store without having to trailer.

We set aside a day in his garage to assemble and get a feel for the FoldCat 440fc. It took about 35 minutes for the initial assembly, simply because we had no idea what we were doing, and he had bought some of the options! He bought a 55lb. Minn Kota hand controlled trolling motor and I got a blue Optima battery to power it.

Our maiden voyage was on a small river close to my house in Valdosta, Ga. We carried the un-inflated FoldCat on the back of my 4-wheeler to a sand bar above the shoals where we assembled and inflated it with no problem. This was the second time we put it together and It took us probably 15 minutes. Dad ran the trolling motor off the back and we traveled up river. We did catch fish!

 User report:

1. The FoldCat rode high in the water and could be turned on a dime! Very solid foundation for moving around on and had very little drag in the water.

2. Back through the rapids down river with no problem. We passed other jon boats with serious problems on the rocks.

3. I could step off the front with a pair of water shoes on and pull the FoldCat over the shallow shoals with not much problem if needed.

4. Very transportable; the very reason for the purchase.

Overall Observations:

The FoldCat performed well. What a conversation piece when we took the boat out below the shoals at the public landing with eyes upon us! There was a question and answer period with the people coming by.

Another note: spend the money for an Optima battery! We ran it hard all day up river and when I put it on the Excaliber charger to recharge it, it was still showing a strong charge! Wow!”

— Jay Adkins, a Satisfied FoldCat customer

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Timothy and Karen Emmons love camping and fishing Floridas lakes in their Sea Eagle 8. Timothy recently caught this handsome tilapia on Webb Lake.

“To say we LOVE our new Sea Eagle 8 is an understatement! Since we do a lot of camping at fresh water lakes and rivers, we decided Sea Eagle would be the right boat so we ordered the SE 8 with the Fisherman’s Dream Package. It came complete with Minn Kota electric motor, oars, pump, seats and motor mount.”

Fishing’s their thing

Karen shows off the crappie (pronounced "croppy") she caught on Lake Manatee in their Sea Eagle. Timothy told us it was 10 inches then revised his report to 12 inches when Karen learned shed been shortchanged. "She always out-fishes me," says Timothy.

“Now we get to do some trolling and have fished in areas that were too far to paddle. We’ve caught more fish and cruised more areas than we ever thought possible. People we meet comment on how much they like our little boat and we’re seeing more and more of them at the parks we camp in around Florida. Thanks Sea Eagle, you’ve made our fishing life a lot easier and with more fish for dinner!”

Timothy and Karen Emmons moved from Hawaii to Cape Coral, Florida, about five years ago. “We’re right across the river from Fort Meyers,” Timothy told us, “120 miles south of Tampa.” Timothy’s retired after a career in property management and though Karen’s still working, “We go camping, boating, and fishing on long weekends every couple of weeks,” said Timothy. “We fish all the time. That’s our thing.”

Great camping & fishing in Florida

The couple previously owned a hard hull kayak, and liked it, but found it didn’t suit their fishing needs very well. “We couldn’t cross a large lake with it,” Timothy said. “We’d fish just the shoreline. Paddling half a mile was just too much.” The Sea Eagle 8’s Minn Kota electric motor takes them far afield effortlessly. They sold the kayak with an online ad on craigslist.

The Emmonss are ready to go for a weekend of camping and fishing -- RV and pickup truck with their Sea Eagle 8 tucked securely in the bed.

“We like the outdoors a lot,” said Timothy, and camping and fishing suit them just fine. You’ll frequently find the Emmons’s camped at one of Florida’s many private campsites or state and federal parks. Standard equipment is their RV behind their pickup truck with their Sea Eagle in the back. No boat trailers for Timothy and Karen.

“We like Lake Manatee State Park.” Another of their favorite hideaways is W.P. Franklin Locks; a federally operated site where locks separate bodies of salt and fresh water.

 Webb Lake gets a big thumbs up, too. “It’s 25 miles north of us,” says Timothy. “It’s a manmade lake created in the 1970’s when they built I-75. Now a private lake stocked with tilapia, bass, bluegill, and crappie (pronounced “croppy”). It’s one of the greatest fishing lakes around here.”

“I’ve been a fisherman all my life,” Timothy tells us. “We like bluegills, bass, crappie, and Mayan cichlid” that look like a fat perch. Timothy says talapia hard to catch but put up an impressive fight. And from the smile on his face in the photo, you can see who won the battle. But Timothy confesses, “Karen out-fishes me all the time.”

“…and it was on sale!”

The Emmons’s report, “The Sea Eagle has opened so many doors for us. We wanted to get something easy to handle in and out of the water.” They chose the SE 8, one of Sea Eagle’s Motormount Boats  — a substantial fishing craft — and added theFisherman’s Dream Package. “We priced everything a la carte,” said Timothy, “and by the time we added it all up, the package was cheaper. And it was on sale.”

Timothys handy - he built this clever rope-and-pulley wall storage system for about $10 worth of hardware.

Between camping and boating trips, the Emmons’s SE 8 hangs out – quite literally – on the wall of their garage. Timothy’s own clever rope-and-pulley arrangement cost him about $10 and frees up floor space.

“Sea Eagle, keep up the great work,” Timothy advised us. “This is one of the best products we’ve ever owned. Don’t change a thing. The material it’s made of is almost like leather — virtually indestructible.”

Any advice for other boaters? “Don’t hesitate. Sea Eagle is the best thing for someone looking for a little boat. Construction quality is great. I can’t believe it’s made so well. It’s very safe and I like it’s got three chambers. It’s improved our life. We sure like it!”

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Phyllis and friends get ready for an adventure. Her inflatable Sea Eagle (center) is surrounded by her friends hard hull kayaks. She feels she's made the better decision and is happy to tell us why.

Phyllis Williams shared her Manatee adventure on our blog recently. Now she’s back again comparing her experiences with hard hull kayaks and her inflatable Sea Eagle FastTrack. 

Phyllis compares hard hull boats & inflatable Sea Eagles…

She's owned hard hulls and inflatables and, in the end, prefers the inflatable Sea Eagle FastTrack 385ft

“I had a 16’ kayak and a 9’ rec boat. The kayak was heavy, and the rec boat filled up with water too easily.  People with hard hull kayaks are curious about my FastTrack. They say they prefer the speed of a hard hull but I stay a right with them. And I don’t worry about tipping and rolling. They watch me and see the inflatable Sea Eagle’s advantages — mobility, packability, easy handling.

There’s a lot of water in this area and I do a lot of boating on the Tennessee River and the creeks in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Some trips have been with the Tennessee Valley Canoe

The Tennessee Valley Canoe (and Kayak) Club http://www.tvccpaddler.com/ has frequent paddling events on the rivers and creeks in the Chatanooga, Tennessee; northern Georgia; and northern Alabama areas.

(and Kayak) Club, but most by myself. One thing I like about my Sea Eagle FastTrack 385ft is that I can handle it completely by myself: I load it un-inflated into the back of my camper-top pickup, carry it to the water, inflate it and be on my way. I have also hauled my boat inflated on top of my camper.

“I can handle it myself.”

I don’t need help getting in and out of it, and I’m very comfortable in waves (most caused by power boats on the river), in shallow areas and beaching just about anywhere there’s room to step.

My friends with hard-shell 16-footers always have to have someone steady the boat while they get in and out, and on the water, they can’t move around. I can move around in my boat on the water, and it’s very stable.

Safe & secure

I use all safety precautions when paddling by myself and don’t do anything unsafe, but when there’s no one to paddle with, I’m very comfortable paddling alone. I wasn’t when I had a hard shell.

Another thing the 385ft is very suited for is piloting open water swimmers. We have an active group of open water swimmers in Chattanooga, and I pilot for them on occasion on the Tennessee River. It’s a great way to make the swimmers’ supplies accessible to them, and if I had to take a swimmer into my boat, I believe I could with just a little assistance from another boater.  That’s much easier than pulling a swimmer in the water!

Peace, quiet, and a Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron catches dinner. Photo: Terry Foote at en.wikipedia

I paddled yesterday at Chester Frost Park, a popular camping, fishing and boating area in Hamilton County, just north of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It ties into the Tennessee River.  I found a placid area and followed the shoreline for a couple of miles, where I saw flowers, bald cypress trees, a Great Blue Heron and other birds, fish, turtles, frogs and such.  In my Sea Eagle FastTrack 385ft, I pulled up in several shallow places and took photos and just enjoyed the peace and quiet.

Other boaters are always curious about her Sea Eagle

My 385ft sparked a lot of curiosity from people at my put-in. A couple in a canoe (who took my photo on the water) were hugging the shore because of the waves. With wet PFD’s (personal flotation devices), they had obviously departed the canoe at some point. I could tell by the look on his face and the way he talked that the man was petrified. The lady wasn’t as afraid, and said she didn’t know when she’d get him back out there. They had just gotten their canoe.

The lady said, “Can you get back in that boat while you’re still in the water if you capsize?  I told her you surely could and said, “Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to run and jump into your boat?” I guess that was mean.

“Is that a blow-up boat?”

Another curious guy was fishing on the shoreline with his family, and he said as I pulled up, “Is that a blow-up boat?”  I said, yes, it was an inflatable Sea Eagle.  He said, “I saw you coming across the water real nice and straight, and I thought it was a kayak.  When you pulled up, I said to myself, ‘That’s a blow-up!’”  He was amazed that it tracked so well and was swift, being a “blow-up” and all.  I explained all the good details about my 385ft, and he said that’s what he and his family needed.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a couple in a canoe and a shoreline fisherman ordered some Sea Eagles in the near future!”

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It's a dirty job but Bob's happy to do it. He's made it his personal mission to remove litter from the section of the Hillsborough River near where he lives in the Tampa area. His tools? Litter-grabbers, cut-proof gloves, and 3 Sea Eagle inflatable boats.

There’s a lot of trashy stuff in the news these days but here’s a story about the GOOD kind — a Sea Eagle boater who’s on a personal mission to clear trash and litter from the Hillsborough River near Tampa, Florida.

“I go out in my Sea Eagle boats to bag and remove the litter that’s there. Cans, tires, bottles, washing machines, anything you can imagine,” says Bob Luce. And, by the way, Bob owns three Sea Eagles.

Cleaning up Tampa’s Hillsborough River

The Hillsborough River is a beautiful, placid waterway. Bob's helping keep it that way -- one piece of litter at a time

Bob is on a mission — a personal, volunteer mission to help restore a local river to its natural, pristine beauty by removing tons of accumulated litter. Unlike so many Sea Eagle owners, Bob has no particular interest in boating as a sport or leisure activity. He merely finds his Sea Eagles are the best means to an end; the best way he can reach and remove man-made debris from a river near his home.

Bob told us, “I like to visit and enjoy nature. I cherish the wild places in the world.” He calls his one-man cleanup efforts ‘community service’ but adds, “I do it for myself and the ‘critters’ that live in wild places. It’s great if others appreciate it but I’m happy when I do it.”

Wildlife abounds in and around Florida's Hillsborough River. A snoozing turtle catches a few rays on a warm Florida afternoon.

There’s plenty of nature in the Tampa area where Bob lives. Along the banks of the Hillsborough River, you can spend a pleasant day at numerous beautiful parks including Hillsborough River State Park (“the real Florida”), Rowlett Park, Rivercrest Park, Riverfront Park, and several more.

Started in his backyard

His personal campaign started simply enough. “There’s a creek behind my house where I noticed litter, glass bottles, and plastic water bottles so I picked them up. Soon I was buying litter grabbers, hip waders, and cleaning up three-quarters of a mile of shoreline along the Hillsborough River.”

“I wore waders to clean the shoreline but you can only go so far in chest wanderers,” he told us. “So I got a Sea Eagle 330 Sport Kayak. Then I bought a Sea Eagle Fast Track 385ft and immediately saw it is a stable boat with a lot of cargo capacity and is quite fast. The 385ft is great. I recommend for general kayaking. It’s stable, fast, and holds a lot. You can take someone else with you, even if they don’t paddle.”

He has a Sea Eagle Explorer Kayak 340x, too. “I like the 385ft because it’s fast, but my 340x is my collector boat. I can get into tighter spaces than the 385ft. It’s a little shorter and the skeg kicks up” so he can go litter-picking in very shallow water. “I run the 340x right up onto an islet, step out, and clear the area. It’s very tough and it holds a lot.”

Low risk purchase if it didn’t work out

Bob's wife, Chris, gets out on the water, too, though you'll most likely find her paddling the couple's 330 rather than litter-picking like her husband.

We asked Bob why he chose the inflatable Sea Eagle in the first place. “I live in a town house,” he said, “with no space to store a hard-hull kayak. And managing a hard hull that’s big enough to carry bags of litter would be a wrestling match. And hard hull kayaks are tippy. The Sea Eagle inflatable is very stable.”

Bob’s a careful shopper. “I went to a non-partisan boating website seeking advice. Sea Eagle was repeatedly mentioned as high quality, tough, and a big bang for your buck. They recommended the Sea Eagle 340x but mentioned the 330. I was hesitant about boating and got 330 because it was the cheapest and I wouldn’t be out much if it didn’t work.”

“I knew of the other brands but some were outrageously expensive, approaching $2,000 dollars,” he says. “Sea Eagle’s cost was modest and the boats seemed well regarded. I think Sea Eagle’s great. Everything’s perfect. I’m very happy with the boats and I’m doing cleanups now I couldn’t do before.”

Several hundred lbs. of litter at a time

Bob’s made arrangements with local parks and has drop-off points for the materials he drags out of the river. And the sheer volume, mass, and weight of what he picks up are astounding. “Car tires are 30 or 40 lbs. when filled with water. Some are still on rims, some are big truck tires. And I often have 100 lbs. of litter in 42-gallon contractor garbage bags.”

Bob offered a simple suggestion to boaters and others who use and enjoy wild areas. “When you bring something in, take your trash out with you and deposit it in a litter can.” This brings to mind the familiar nature-lover’s admonition, “Take only pictures, leave only footprints.”

“It makes me happy”

Preparing for yet another collection run, Bob summed up why he does what he does. “When I do this, the river’s a cleaner place than when I started. And that makes me happy.”

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During a good day's fishing in his Sea Eagle 12.6 SR, Alan bagged this 3 lb, 22" largemouth bass in the backwaters of the Colorado River

The Hodges strap their 12.6 SR onto their pickup truck and head for their favorite fishing spot. No boat ramp or trailer needed

Ever think about retirement and wonder what in the world you’ll do with  yourself? We talked recently with a Sea Eagle inflatable boat owner who’s 20 years into an active retirement and enjoying every minute.

Alan and Joanne Hodges, of Kiowa, Colorado, retired two decades ago from teaching professions. Alan had a varied career as a guidance counselor, phys ed teacher, and sports coach. Joanne taught phys ed, too, as well as social studies.

Easy to get up and go

“We have a 25-foot travel trailer,” Alan told us. “We pack up all our boating and fishing gear in the back of the pickup and go. The nice thing about an inflatable Sea Eagle is you just throw it in and go wherever you want to.”

They belong to an RV club that gives them reduced RV camping rates and camp several weeks at a time all through Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona. “One of our favorites spots is Blue Mesa Reservoir in southwestern Colorado,” says Alan, “between Gunnison and Montrose.” 20 miles long with almost 100 miles of shoreline, the reservoir is Colorado’s largest body of water and the biggest lake trout and Kokanee salmon fishing spot in the United States. Alan’s enjoyed flatwater fishing at Alamo Lake State Park near Ehrenberg, Arizona, and float fishing in the Taylor River near Gunnison, Colorado.

Enviro-friendly electric motor

Joanne loves to fish and she does it well as evidenced by this beautiful striped bass she hooked in an Arizona lake

“We camp at private campsites,” says Alan, “but they have to have fishing. Joanne loves fishing and loves to catch fish.” And there’s a bigger attraction, too. “It’s always beautiful, serene, and relaxing out on the water.” An electric motor makes it even more peaceful. “We don’t like the sound of a gas motor or the smell of gas.” And going electric gave the Hodges access to the many lakes that ban gas outboards these days.

A bigger Sea Eagle boat

The Hodges are long-time Sea Eagle boaters, having owned a Sea Eagle SE9 for many years. “The SE9 looked like a good deal,” says Alan. “It had a solid floor and was well built. I thought it would be pretty nice and it was. We used it for 10 years and hauled it a lot of places.”

They recently replaced their SE9 and upped the ante with a Sea Eagle 12.6SRRIK - a Sport Runabout. They wanted something a little bigger and felt, “a 10-foot boat isn’t quite big enough.” How big could they go without having to trailer a boat? Alan took out his tape measure and figured out how much the 12.6 SR would hang over the back when strapped down. It all worked.

With 70 lb. thrust, their electric outboard is surprisingly powerful. “We fish the Colorado River,” says Alan. “The current can be quite strong depending on when they open the irrigation canals up north. We felt we needed more thrust.”

Sea Eagle to the Rescue

“More thrust” came in plenty handy when the Hodges helped rescue a fellow boater recently. Alan tells the story…

 “While preparing our Sea Eagle 12.6 SR for fishing in Paradise Lake located to the North of Phoenix, we saw a boater at the launching ramp who could not get his boat motor started, and could not get the boat on the trailer since the wind was blowing  him away from the ramp, and precariously close to the rocks lining the ramp.  

We were able to tow him out of danger and into the proper position for him to load his boat.  He was impressed, as were we, that  our Sea Eagle inflatable with a 70 lb thrust Minn Kota trolling motor could tow his very heavy 20-foot pleasure/fishing boat out of danger.”

Gas-saving fun

Because of gas prices, the Hodges are planning a trip to nearby Pagosa Springs south of Gunnison, Colorado. “We’re taking our boat and truck, not our RV. They have a lake there we’ve fished in before. Then we’ll stop in Gunnison where we have a 1-week stay scheduled at a cabin.”

Alan and Joanne’s tale is proof: RV’ing, Sea Eagle boating, and fishing really are the ideal retirement combination!

Every once in awhile, even Sea Eagle fishermen hook an ugly one...like this big bottom-feeding carp Alan snagged

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From northern New Jersey to the Florida Keys, Joseph and Fran enjoy "Lots of fun in the sun" in their 5-in-1 Sea Eagle PaddleSki

When we spoke recently with Sea Eagle PaddleSki owner, Joseph Ryglicki, he put it right out there. “I get bored easily,” he joked.

“I’m a gadget guy,” he said. And with his Kindle, iPad, iPhone, and various other wireless gadgets and wi-fi gizmos humming in the background, he went on to tell us why the PaddleSki suits him just fine.

Joseph rigged his PaddleSki as a sailboat and took it out for a spin. With a motor, "It almost flies," he says.

“I like that I can use the same boat in different ways,” said Joseph. “I can do different kinds of boating with the same boat. I get bored easily — the PaddleSki gives me flexibility.” Unique among watercraft, the Sea Eagle PaddleSki can be outfitted five different ways: for paddling, rowing, sailing, motoring, or fishing

“Because it’s inflatable,” he continued, “it fits in the car trunk or our motor home storage compartment. You can take it anywhere you go.”

Floating & boating in the Northeast

Joseph and his wife, Fran Mansfield, are on the go a lot. Living in northern New Jersey in view of the Manhattan skyline, Joseph and Fran take frequent PaddleSki trips on the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, both in easy reach of the New York/New Jersey metro area.

“We take two or three hour trips,” said Joseph. “My son drops us off upriver and we call him a couple hours later to come and pick us up downriver.” Fran added, “Or we could take a taxi home, or even carry it on the subway.”

“We visit the old waterside towns that are all coming back now,” says Joseph. “Athens, Catskill, Saugerties — you can go from town to town,” stopping at stores and restaurants. He notes, “The first 100 miles of the Hudson are a tidal estuary and you have to take the tides and currents into consideration.” Always the gadget guy, Joseph has an app on his iPhone that charts the tides and currents.

Kayaking and fishing in the Florida Keys

The couple goes adventuring farther afield, too. They drive their RV with car in tow, and their PaddleSki deflated and packed in the trunk, to the Florida Keys where they stay for most of the winter. That’s when Fran breaks out her fishing gear. 

“We went on an eco tour  with the kayak, says Fran, “and I learned to fish in the mangroves.  The PaddleSki sits so high in the water you can get to shallow areas you can’t otherwise.” Joseph told us, “There are many different kinds of Snapper here — Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper,” and many more. Fran added, “If they’re big enough, they’re dinner.”

A gadget guy through and through, Joseph set up his PaddleSki in his livingroom when it arrived. (OK, how many of us have done the very same thing?)

“But even if I don’t catch anything, fishing’s a good excuse to do nothing,” she said, then added, “You have to understand I’m in a 34-foot RV with my husband all winter. Getting out by myself in the kayak is a good thing! And I can handle the PaddleSki by myself.”

North or south, lots of fun in the sun

“We also go on PaddleSki trips in the lower Keys in the Marathon area,” said Joseph. “We took a beautiful trip from Sombrero Beach and followed the channel to Boot Key.” Fran and Joseph love to paddle to nearby restaurants, have lunch, and paddle back to their RV site.

Fran and Joseph left us with a final thought. Whether they’re paddling the rivers of northern New Jersey or through the mangroves in the Florida Keys, the PaddleSki gives them, “Lots of fun in the sun!”

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