WW Boats for Big Feet?

Advice
#1

What ww boats might be out there in the used market for a guy 6’3" with size 13’s? (Not me) Are there any known to fit such dimensions? Thanks!

#2

What style?
I’d think that the larger creekboats and river runners should be fine. Playboats might be harder. One caution - serious playboaters can have a skewed notion of what “fit” means, because they expect to suffer a bit for their art.



Jackson does a nice job listing shoe sizes & inseams for their boats – I wish more companies would:

http://www.jacksonkayak.com/kayaks/product.cfm?product=classicfuns

#3

Pyranha burn 255

#4

Creek Boats
Most of the new Creek/River Runner Boats will be fine. I have a Dagger mamba 8.5 and it has lots of foot room. I paddle with several 6’2"+ paddlers. The WS Diesel is another.



Good Luck

Jay

#5

Creek Boat
I’m 6’6" and wear 14’s. Like climbing shoes, the play boats are designed for a certain element of suffering but at some point you need to draw a line.



I paddle a Prijon Chopper and it allows me to control the level of suffering quitel nicely.

#6

WW boat for big feet?
They’re called canoes. Try one!



PY.

#7

That’s my size
I had a Wave Sport Diesel 75 for a time and found it a very comfortable fit.



I also tested Pyranha H:3 and G:3 and found that I fit readily and comfortably.



Prijon Athlete and Chopper were tight fits on my hips and thighs, but your buddy may want to try them. I carry a lot of my weight in my backside and thighs. If he’s built differently, they may work too.



I was looking specifically for big volume creek or river-runner boats, so can’t help you if you’re looking for a squirt boat.


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#8

But aren’t canoes, unsafe, wet
and tippy and arn’t canoeists like that too. Face it Yarnell, canoeists really want to be like kayakers and wear a skirt. Isn’t that why “canoeists” often paddle “closed canoes”. Come on Yarnell, come out of the closet and admit it, you are a kayaker, that in your heart you want to paddle both sides - try it, you might like it.

#9

Yup. Wear one boat on each foot.

#10

Never!

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No way Canaka, I'm too proud to use a training paddle!

Sorry, about the canoe comment davejjj when you're looking for info on a kayak, but somebody had to say it. I thought all the j's might've been for j-stroke.

PY.