Planning an adventure!
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:04 am
Hi all. I haven't been terribly active here for awhile, but you will be pleased to know that my Sabalo (dubbed 'Go Anywhere') is still healthy and strong, and has gone everywhere I have wanted to take her with great ability. I have had a ball in this yak and have had some exhillarating and 'interesting' times in her over the last couple of years.
I am in the middle of planning a weekender to the Coorong in South Australia again, with another friend who is also considering building a JEM, but not sure which model yet.
But later in the year we will be doing a stretch of the mighty Murray river. The longest river in Australia and the longest navigable river in the world. The first trip will be for only a week, and we will probably do about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles). This is really intended to be a 'shakedown' trip in preparation for some longer trips that will take us from close to the source of the Murray to the sea, a distance of about 2200 kilometers. Due to work commitments and leave availability, the trip will be broken into 2-3 week segments over a couple of years, but I think it will still be a great adventure all the same.
I don't know if anyone has ever paddled the full length of the Murray in a Sabalo, or even a SOT, all of the journals I have read and seen, people have done the trip in SIKs, mostly sea kayaks. But I think the flatter bottom, big storage capacity and high stability of the Sabalo on flat water will make it a very superior craft for such a trip.
Has anyone out there done any long river trips in a Sabalo or similar? Anyone on this forum who is interested in coming along for any of these trips is welcome to express interest too.
Cheers,
Steve.
I am in the middle of planning a weekender to the Coorong in South Australia again, with another friend who is also considering building a JEM, but not sure which model yet.
But later in the year we will be doing a stretch of the mighty Murray river. The longest river in Australia and the longest navigable river in the world. The first trip will be for only a week, and we will probably do about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles). This is really intended to be a 'shakedown' trip in preparation for some longer trips that will take us from close to the source of the Murray to the sea, a distance of about 2200 kilometers. Due to work commitments and leave availability, the trip will be broken into 2-3 week segments over a couple of years, but I think it will still be a great adventure all the same.
I don't know if anyone has ever paddled the full length of the Murray in a Sabalo, or even a SOT, all of the journals I have read and seen, people have done the trip in SIKs, mostly sea kayaks. But I think the flatter bottom, big storage capacity and high stability of the Sabalo on flat water will make it a very superior craft for such a trip.
Has anyone out there done any long river trips in a Sabalo or similar? Anyone on this forum who is interested in coming along for any of these trips is welcome to express interest too.
Cheers,
Steve.