My Kayaks


From left to right:  Gumotex Twist N 1,  Gumotex Halibut,  Neris Valkure - 1.

Line-up of My Kayaks 2018

My first kayak:


Neris Valkure-1 Basic.  Single-seat folding kayak.

Manufactured in the Ukraine.

Supplied by:  Folding Concepts U.K.  Reading, Berks.  September 2016

Update May 2022:

This kayak is no longer with me in Spain.  It is FOR SALE at Neris Folding Kayaks U.K. in Reading.
For details please contact Simon Bolze (Email: info@neris.co.uk )

Length:    4.0 metres  (13 ft. 1½ inches)

Beam:      700 mm      (27½ inches)

Weight:    21 kg  (46.3 lbs)  

Paddles:   Main - TNP 2-piece alu. 240cm. long.  (was purchased as 225cm. long but discovered                                                                                          months later that it is 240cm. - but that length                                                                                           works fine.)
                 Spare - TNP Type 702.2  2-piece alu. 215cm. long.


Skin:

 One piece PVC hull and deck with rubbing strips bonded to hull. Includes two bow to stern inflatable sponsons, in integral protective sleeves,

Picture shows it folded to fit into a backpack.







Transverse frames:

Marine plywood.









Longitudinal framing and cockpit coaming:

Aluminium alloy tubular sections with special profile sections for coaming.

Marine plywood stem and sternposts.



Backpack:

A one bag system.  Skin, transverse frames, longitudinal framing, cockpit coamings, spray deck cover, waist skirt, inflatable seat and repair kit all fit into this bag - and I can even get a section of bottom boards, which I made, in there as well.
















And then came:

Gumotex Twist N 1.  Single-seat inflatable kayak.

Manufactured in the Czech Republic.

Supplied by:  Francobordo Articulos Náuticos S.L., Madrid.  July 2017

Length:    2.6 metres

Beam:      790 mm

Weight:    7.4 kg

Paddle:    RUK MORAY SPORT kayak paddle.  4-piece. 230cm. long.

Pump:       Scoprega Bravo 5 foot pump.  Basic but adequate.


Back to basics :-

Kayak
Foot pump
Paddle
Buoyancy Aid

All that is really needed to get on the water quickly.











It will all fit into this 80 litre waterproof backpack:

The few other bits and pieces required on a short kayaking trip are also in there.



Skin (Nitrilon Light) unrolled.













Skin opened out ready for inflation.

The three separate chambers (bottom + 2 side tubes) of the main hull are inflated with the foot pump.  The seat and footrest (both already in position) have to be inflated by mouth.

The bottom inflation chamber is fitted with a pressure relief valve.  Because of the high temperatures we get here in southern Spain I may fit pressure relief valves in the side tubes - if I can overcome a reluctance to cut holes in the skin!


10 minutes later ....... all pumped up and ready to go.











And then:




Gumotex Halibut.  Single-seat inflatable fishing kayak.  But not purchased for fishing.

Manufactured in the Czech Republic.

Supplied by:  Francobordo Articulos Náuticos S.L., Madrid.  July 2018.

Length:    3.75 metres

Beam:      960 mm

Weight:    21 kg

Paddles:    Main - Gumotex 702.3 3-piece alu. 260cm. long.

                 Spare - TNP 2-piece alu. 240cm. long. (main paddle from Neris Valkure-1 kayak)

Pump:       Scoffega Bravo 4 Alu R.E.D Kite. Double action hand pump.


For more pictures see:  My Kayaks Photo Gallery.

And the latest:   


Neris Smart-1.  Single-seat hybrid folding kayak - part folding, part inflatable.

Manufactured in the Ukraine.

Supplied by:    Neris Folding Kayaks U.K., Reading, Berks.  March 2023.

Length:    4.05 metres.

Beam:      900 mm.

Weight:    approx. 14.5 kg.

Paddles:   Main - TNP 2-piece alu. 240cm. long.

                 Spare - to be decided.

Pump:       Foot pump.

   For more pictures see:  My Kayaks Photo Gallery.