thoughts on the Stealth Profisha 525
Posted: 08 Oct 2016, 20:54
Well I slide down to Altona and caught up with the Sea Sherpa man at Millers Rd this arvo for a little road test of his new sports car of the kayak fishing world a Stealth Profisha 525
Chenski also came down for a paddle
Anyway even Eoin hadn't got the yak wet yet so I jumped on his heavy fat Fisha 500 ( yer right these are damm sweet to ) while Eoin jumped on the 525 .We paddled out a bit and a bit of pedal adjustments got us both more comfortable we headed out into a 8 - 10 knot wind
compared to my prowler 4.3 which is not a slow kayak , god damm it these glass yaks move well with so little effort
first thing noticed is the 525 has less buoyancy at the bow that the fisha 500 and would dive more though waves ( it not a problem but there is a difference here )
after getting out wider it was time to swap and of cause a deep water change over ( could have picked warmer water ) so I had to tip the yak up the right way and get on
both operations were easy enough I was surprised how stable a 61 cm wide kayak could be to remounted - I however would like to do a few more remounts to get use to where handles and things are
Another pedal adjustment and for me this kayak was instantly more comfortable on the longer skinnier yak
at 5.25 meters long and 61 cm wider you would think these things would be unstable but again it's a surprise like any glass ski it feel a little tippy at first till just off vertical and the secondary stability is rock solid
So how do the paddle like a dream it takes very little work to get moving quite quickly and again light work to keep it moving well
Final thoughts were what colour do they come in , cos I wont one ! and that's the truth
Basically Eoin has the go head to get one in for me - we just have to see what colours are in stock at kayak specialists in QLD
Chenski also came down for a paddle
Anyway even Eoin hadn't got the yak wet yet so I jumped on his heavy fat Fisha 500 ( yer right these are damm sweet to ) while Eoin jumped on the 525 .We paddled out a bit and a bit of pedal adjustments got us both more comfortable we headed out into a 8 - 10 knot wind
compared to my prowler 4.3 which is not a slow kayak , god damm it these glass yaks move well with so little effort
first thing noticed is the 525 has less buoyancy at the bow that the fisha 500 and would dive more though waves ( it not a problem but there is a difference here )
after getting out wider it was time to swap and of cause a deep water change over ( could have picked warmer water ) so I had to tip the yak up the right way and get on
both operations were easy enough I was surprised how stable a 61 cm wide kayak could be to remounted - I however would like to do a few more remounts to get use to where handles and things are
Another pedal adjustment and for me this kayak was instantly more comfortable on the longer skinnier yak
at 5.25 meters long and 61 cm wider you would think these things would be unstable but again it's a surprise like any glass ski it feel a little tippy at first till just off vertical and the secondary stability is rock solid
So how do the paddle like a dream it takes very little work to get moving quite quickly and again light work to keep it moving well
Final thoughts were what colour do they come in , cos I wont one ! and that's the truth
Basically Eoin has the go head to get one in for me - we just have to see what colours are in stock at kayak specialists in QLD