hmm.
I haven’t seen a pintail with round hatches fore and aft. Mine is 1995, and has the old hull and deck shape, but has a skeg, and an oval aft hatch. (Thank goodness! Still awful hard to get stuff stored in that boat!)
My faulty memory…
I just rechecked some photos of Mike’s Pintail and it has oval rear hatch - so much for my memory. It is the only one I’ve seen that has both day hatch and pump. It had been Bill Lozano’s boat.
small clip with the new pin
a friend filmed while i was doing some stretching with a brooks avataq. its great warm up, and easy on the body…looks f…awesome with black tuilik and yellow deck…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f83NGr8LFyI&feature=player_embedded
Did you mention
how heavy/tall you are? Just curious since the boat looks loght and floating high on the water. Almost feels like it wants to sit on edge one side or another rather than center flat? Are you edging it constantly or is it just very “lively”?
Looks Sweet…!
Almost makes me wish I had one to mess about in…
very lively indeed
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its extremely lively. i guess i was just tilting it , shaking it a little..it perfect for me. im about 70 kilos. i have no problems whatsoever padling it, but every stroke has to be unique. but thats the whole point with the Pintail i suppose. Edging stability is very good. less flare than the nordkapp or avocet RM
its awesome for making tight turns in waves.
if you stop the clip here and there its easier to study the lines.
Interesting …
Interesting, there was some photo of a guy who was 200 lb (about 90kg) who had the Pintail submerged to the cockpit just sitting in it - no maneuverability due to the ends being in the water more, and it felt “dead” to him. I did not think 20 kilos would make such a difference but I guess they do…
yes
ive seen it. the MK2 sits a little higher in the water. Ill try to pack it full and see what happens. iv had a moderate load , and it felt very nice. ill try to get some more pictures taken soon.
not that small
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200 pounds won't sink a pintail to the coaming. I'm 180, and I've done multi-day trips in my older version (which is supposed to be lower volume). I didn't weigh my gear, but it was probably 50 pounds with water. The boat sits right down on the shear line, and it plows a bit, but it's still plenty turny. I wouldn't at all say that the ends are locked in when it's loaded. Like any loaded boat, the turning moment is greater, so you can't jerk it around like an empty boat. But it's still much turnier than other boats.
While I wouldn't recommend putting 220 pounds in a pintail on a daily basis, I'd say mostly what you give up is bit of speed. No big deal every now and then, although it's not a fast boat to start with, so you'd better have better form than your mates!
hehe
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i normally paddle in circles around my mates..hehe
if speed and long trips with destinations were my main objective id pick another boat..
i should mention that i paddle mostly alone and that my paddling buddies are either slow/relaxed or like me.
thats a pretty boat
and no doubt.
thanks.
its definately a boat that can be used for longer trips, in terms of volume. that was a bonus.
I kind of like the small front hatch. it should be easy to stuff a tent etc etc in there. its lots of space in front of pedals. big dayhatch and great rear hatch. How effective it would be, is very dpendent of the weather i guess…this boat is fast in waves.
All being said…i wouldnt mind trying a MK 1 pintail one day.
aft hatch is tough
At least on the MK1, the aft deck is so low, and the bilges are so round, that you can’t fit much through that nice big oval hatch in the back. The front compartment is really big, but the hatch is small. It’s sort of a packing paradox.
Maybe the MK2 is better.
ill take a look
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right now..and its space enough for a nice sleeping bag+more.
very fun vids, snowprince
you look pretty f’ing awesome yourself. We need more rock n roll on this board.
I love how you are doing rolls with, it looks like, a Brooks avataq… I was doing body rolls w. it (no kayak, just me and the avataq, then just me) up at a kayak symposium this summer. Now of course I want one.
Please post more vids 
hoho
well im not snowprince, im sven. snowprince took the clip. you can see me here…hehe http://svenkalmar.com/
not so easy with the diving mask, but under the flycasting section…hehe sorry for the selfimportant crap, by the way…
or herehttp://fluefiske.net/saker/portrettet/603-kastets-trollmann
well well…
and
im not agreat roller by any means. but i think regular use of the avataq is a great way to train, not risking too much shoulder strain. I hpoe to get a ok roll in rough water. thats what i love. AND i watch Warren a lot!!
hm…
not so hot,heh? hehehe more pintail picks soon…
The Glass Slipper
Congrats on your new Pintail. I think it is the prettiest boat on the sea. I like them so much that, even though I don’t fit very well in them and paddle a Romany, I bought one anyway.
My dates would always paddle it and my friends began to call it The Glass Slipper; they had a feeling that who ever paddled the Pintail the best and looked the best in it would become my wife. And they were correct.
A fun little Pintail fact.
The Pintail came about because Nigel Dennis asked Frank Goodman if he could get the old molds from the Anas Acuta and modify the design slightly to build a boat for the students of his sea and surf centre (before the Romany). Nigel was tired of buying boats for his fleet that his students would just beat up anyway. (If you’ve paddled over there, you know what he’s talking about.) Frank said sure.
A couple months later Frank showed up with the Pintail and said “Here’s the new boat you asked for”. :^)
nice
story! Thanks.