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Splash

Particulars

Plans, Splash - 120 EUR Purchase

Splash är en kortare och bredare version av Spray, tänkt att i första hand vara en lätthanterad sommarstugekajak, motionskajak mm. Som rekreationskajak har en kort surfski en del fördelar: lätt och enkel att använda, inget kapell att ta på, enkel att bada från eller att rädda sig upp i kajaken efter en vurpa. För sådan paddling där man normalt inte tar på ett kapell kan Splash byggas utan läns. Det vatten som skvätter in är lätt att bli av med med en länspump eller en svamp. För tuffare förhållanden behövs en läns som på de flesta surfskis – en sådan tömmer sittbrunnen med hjälp av farten. Men det tar förstås lite längre tid att tömma brunnen eftersom en kort surfski har lite sämre fartresurser än en lång smal. Splash är 507 cm lång, 55 cm bred och lastar ca 130 kg på konstruktionsvattenlinjen. Med Splash kommer man snabbt och enkelt ut på vattnet - minimalt med förberedelser och ett fåtal prylar att hålla reda på: kajaken flytvästen och paddeln. Stabil nog för nybörjare men ändå kompetent i grov sjögång. Surfar fantastiskt bra jämfört med havskajaker i motsvarande storlek.

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Particulars

Splash lines

Length¹ 507/501 cm (overall/WL)
Beam 55/52 cm (overall/WL)
Draft 12 cm
Displacement/volume⁶ 130 kg/ litre
Intended use Rekreation och motion

* These dimensions can be adapted to suit personal needs or wishes.
** Depending on type of wood, equipment, care with epoxy usage, sanding etc. etc.
*** The speed numbers are based on mathematical standard formulas (175 lb paddler + 30 lb carco weight) and corrected from the kayaks actual performance om trials, on tours and in races.
⁴ Calculated resistance in 4 and 5 knots (at nominal load capacity).
⁵ Initial stability and secondary stability on a subjective scale, where 1 is very tippy and 5 is very stable.
⁶ Displacement is kayak + paddler + load. Count off the kayak weight to get the load capacity.

Plans, Splash - 120 EUR Purchase

Comments

Hi, Björn.

I am always looking for a lighter, faster fishing kayak for Puget Sound and lakes around Seattle, WA. Would you advise using the Splash as a fishing kayak? I am debating between building the Jack 14 SOT and the Splash. I have never paddled a surfski, but I am coming from an old Ocean Kayak Scupper Pro TW and a fiberglass prototype of the Swell scupper 14 built by Tim Niemier. (~65cm wide, ~450cm long). The Jack seems fairly close to what I already paddle, and I like the aesthetics of the Splash if it will be stable enough...

Thanks,

Shad

It is impossible to quantify stability in a relevant way. Even the stability curves and figures published here and there is just a play with numbers since there is no consensus on how to define and measure that elusive quality. A kayak that for one paddler would be a challenge might for another be boringly stable.

I would say that Splash is 'sea kayak stable' and I would personally hesitate to use it for fishing. Jack 14, on the other hand, has a stability curve that lends itself nicely to fishing, hunting, photography, outdoor painting, etc.

But I have paddling friends, that would consider Splash excellent for fishing – enough initial stability and the added bonus that comes with less width: easier and more predictable movements in waves ;-)

Thanks! It sounds like the Jack 14 will be the better choice for fishing. The Splash is pretty, though. Maybe I just need a paddling surfski, since I have two kayaks that work for fishing as it is. :-)

Yes, that may be so. But when your fishing needs are fulfilled, one way or another, and if you are still tempted by surfskis, you should probably take a bolder step than Splash and focus on Spray, which can deliver much more of the surfski experience (speed and surfing potential), while still just a small step up from a standard sea kayak.

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