{"id":1551,"date":"2014-04-29T23:02:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T23:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2014-04-29T23:02:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T23:02:46","slug":"ph-consistency-flat-earth-sails-and-much-deserved-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/ph-consistency-flat-earth-sails-and-much-deserved-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"P&H Consistency, Flat Earth Sails and Much Deserved Respect"},"content":{"rendered":"

About two weeks ago I came to another difficult point in my life where I had to sell another one of my precious P&H kayaks. I’ve done this about 3 times now over the past 5 years and it never gets any easier with the only bright side being the thought it was not only going to a good home but also knowing that 6-12 months from now I will own yet another fine watercraft from P&H with new colors, a new seat and whatever other awesome thing they have come out with. I started kayaking in a Venture Skye 17, an older version of the current Easky 17 from P&H’s little brother Venture Kayaks. I did things with that kayak at the time that, looking back, I wonder how I made it but it started my future of sea kayaking. I have since owned 3 Cetus LV’s a Capella 163 and what looks to be a 4th in the works as selling the last was only to fund the next.<\/p>\n

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So in my sad Cetusless world I find myself taking out the Capella 163, which I coincidentally enough just thew one of the new P&H distributed Flat Earth Sails and it has created a whole new level of fun to the kayak. Rigging took more time looking at the deck making the commitment to drill a hole than to do the rest. The sail and all hardware looked really high quality and I was sailing that day. It has really been a blast and has added to the speed of the Capella. I was worried about a sail on a skeg boat but it works fantastically. After doing a full day sea kayak lesson in the Capella (2011) today I was just blown away at how versatile it had become but more so how incredibly sound all of my P&H family boats have been over the years and the craftsmanship of every single one of them. I have taken these kayaks all over the place and put them to the test and never have a I felt the “this boat can’t handle this” syndrome.<\/p>\n

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So for now I get to go through the process of dream<\/span>ing up options for the next Cetus LV and wonder if a sail with meet that as well……<\/span><\/p>\n

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