Someone should enter one of those in the Race to Alaska. I would look right at home.
I had a NS Calypso, made before the Valley take over. It was a pretty boat, handled well, but a bit heavy for me to cartop etc.
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Neither Valley or North Shore were ever known for light boats! My last composite Valley was an Etain 17.1, a kayak for small paddlers, and it was a brick. Switched to a carbon Tiderace and probably saved 15 lb (I never weighed the Valley but the Tiderace is about 45 lb). What a huge difference in moving the kayak around and especially getting it on and off the car!
I am also quite fond of the NS Atlantic LV, which is also the same boat as the Impex Montauk, and may also be related to the Calypso if I am remembering correctly.
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lovely boat… did you build it ? what does it weigh ?
my lightest boat is 40lb and that’s still too much for me to carry uphill to the trout lakes…
It’s about 25 lbs, a bit more than your standard Hornbeck and my GRB Classic but it’s a great fishing boat and Carries very nicely with a clamp on yoke. It’s a guideboat build with ribs and stems but no bottom board. The bonus is it’s also perfect for my kids. They’ve been using it with a double blade but I’m ornery and prefer single blade
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Here is our new pack canoe the first day it was loaded up this winter. We did not have the right feet for a canoe and the shop tied it down with ratchet straps. The wind was blowing about 70-80 kph and I could see it moving around through the sunroof and I made my husband drive it back to the shop and everybody was mad at me. 
But I knew if that thing flew off, the German courts would show us no mercy.
The shop was about four hours from our house on the Swiss border and he had to go back on his day off.
Today. I always keep an eye 
on things.
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Drove up to inland NH to pick up a “new” (preowned) surf ride.
Hoping for little waves tomorrow.
Mahalo!
sing
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Dang Sing!
I found my number !
Back when Current Designs was in Victoria BC
22 years old and going strong (I’ve had her six)
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This is the only thing I ever use a sunroof for.
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How does your Fujita compare on the water with the Quest 150? I’ve got the earlier Quest 135 (yellow like yours – I named it Chiquita because it resembles a banana) and really like it.
The Fujita looks a lot like my Feathercrafts – which frame version does yours have?
Hi willowleaf, Yes I decided on the Quest 150 after seeing your 135! 
The Fujita being shorter at 4m isn’t as fast as the 4.55m Quest 150 but tracks just as well. It’s an aluminium frame with aramid reinforced hull (similar in design to the Nautiraid 325) and weighs only 12kg, sets up a bit more easily and faster than the Quest 150 which is why I decided to get it for shorter expeditions and fun paddles. 
Looks like the Oru Coast XT. Another folding kayak. 
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By the way my friend Simon Creasey also has a Quest 135! He’s originally from New Zealand and now lives here in Singapore. The Fujita is his which he bought used about 10 years ago and now I’m buying it from him! It’s still in great condition as he really takes care of his kayaks and it’s really well made as well.
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It’s an old Walker Bay Airis Play. She ain’t fast and wanders a bit, but she’s unsinkable and weighs EIGHTEEN POUNDS. I can one-arm carry from parking spot half a mile away. Drop stitch hull and floor (6.5-7lbs). 8.5ft long
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Here’s my new Petrel Play custom built by Jim Tomes of Danvers MA, USA. Cedar and mahogany strip, with Jim’s own skeg design. Weighs 32 pounds, fast and lively in the ocean and inland. Jim builds fast race boats and makes super light Greenland paddles.
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