Are we affiliated with the fb group?

This one:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/236127533082098/
Not the others.

No this one https://www.facebook.com/groups/418879764890845/
A few prom here are in there

peatop wrote:No this one https://www.facebook.com/groups/418879764890845/
A few prom here are in there

Nothing to do with Vyak. There are a couple of Vic kayaking groups that have members from here. Problem with FB groups is there are too many advocates of the 3m kayaks that over estimate their capabilities. It can be quite concerning at times.

laneends wrote:

peatop wrote:No this one https://www.facebook.com/groups/418879764890845/
A few prom here are in there

Nothing to do with Vyak. There are a couple of Vic kayaking groups that have members from here. Problem with FB groups is there are too many advocates of the 3m kayaks that over estimate their capabilities. It can be quite concerning at times.

Yah that would be an issue, it's a pitty the government relaxed our trade laws to allow all these imports without thinking of the dangers, the retailers should be responsible for products they sell, in regards to disclosure of the capability of the their products, too much sh!t gets imported in this country nowadays

peatop wrote:Yah that would be an issue, it's a pitty the government relaxed our trade laws to allow all these imports without thinking of the dangers

Was there ever a ban on import of shitty kayaks, though? I haven't been a yakker for long enough to know.

peatop wrote:the retailers should be responsible for products they sell, in regards to disclosure of the capability of the their products, too much sh!t gets imported in this country nowadays

Generally speaking retailers are responsible if they sell a manifestly unsafe product. The issue is less the overall safety of a given kayak than its safety when used in the wrong conditions; i.e. a toy kayak being used in PPB. The latter is the responsibility of the user, since no matter how many times you tell some people something they will often still do what they want.

That said I would agree that sellers who don't make it clear that a small kayak must not be used outside of flat water should be given a kick up the bum. It would be good if there were a legal requirement to include impossible-to-miss disclaimers in big red letters sticky-taped to every such kayak saying not to use them outside of where they're designed for.

shane wrote:This one:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/236127533082098/
Not the others.

My request has been pending for months lol

time2fish wrote:

shane wrote:This one:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/236127533082098/
Not the others.

My request has been pending for months lol

Not very active so props not worth it.

Nope we are not affiliated with any of the facebook groups.
There are a few members from here on the other groups but they are not affiliated with us in any way other than sharing a few of the same members.

Cheers,

Widsa.