WALES COAST KAYAK - OGMORE CASTLE TO SOUTHERNDOWN
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- This video is of our 4.5 miles trip from Ogmore Castle to Southerndown on the 4 April 2021.
It includes cinematic footage of our trip on the Vale of Glamorgan coast including:
• The historic Ogmore Castle
• the Ewenny River
• the sand dune flanked Ogmore Estuary, and
• the stunning cliffs and scenery of the Glamorgan Heritage coast
This journey was part of the Kayak Crew’s undertaking to paddle right around the 870 miles or so of the Wales Coast.
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Our blog post of this trip:
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Bus 303 timetable:
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Sea swell forecast for Southerndown:
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Go the other way next time & stop at the Pelican, super pub
Would be intersting doing this trip in reverse, the Ogmore is a great estuary. Have not been to the Pelican for years, we need to do this trip again so we can call there I think.
Very well put together video as usual!
How does the Kinetic 100 compare in terms of speeds and stability to your inflatable boat?
Looking at buying one of these as my first solo kayak.
Thanks.
Thanks Ian. The inflatable kayak I used in this video is one I don't use any more. I have progressed to using drop stitch and semi drop stitch inflatables. We have not done an accurate speed test of the Kinetic compared to the inflatables but we did have the odd 'race' over the years and based upon that and general usage, I do not think that the Kinetic is much if any faster than the newer inflatables that we now use. The Kinetic is probably a bit faster though than the old Pro Aqua inflatable I used on the Ogmore trip back in 2021. The main pros of it are that it's less affected by the wind than the inflatables and also is more comfortable because your feet are lower than your hips when sat in it. Being able to lower and raise the skeg is also useful, we can't do this on the inflatables and are always mindful of breaking the skegs when we are in shallow water or landing on a beach. Stability wise, I think the the Kinetic is similar to the inflatables. My mate got the Hydrolite version which is lighter than the standard Kinetic. It is surprisingly light to carry for a hard shell, lighter in fact than some of our inflatables. I can ask Archie if you want more info on it? If you want a hard shell sit on top then I think it's a good kayak, he has been impressed with his. We probably will do a review of it some time, when we get round to it. I've only very briefly tried it a few times. Hope this helps.
Thank-you very much for the comprehensive reply. It's the hydrolite version that I'm looking to go for. I currently have a x100 which I like, but I find it quite slow when paddling against the current on local rivers and fancied a solo kayak with good stability, tracking and hopefully a bit more speed than the Itiwit, which I still intend to use with the kids.
Good to hear that your friend still likes his Kinetic. At 18kg it's probably a similar weight to some of the drop stitch inflatables and my chief purpose for it is doing short tours on the local rivers. For this reason I like the idea of the retractable skeg.
Stability is a concern, and as you know the Itiwit has incredible stability for climbing in and out of so I didn't want to lose too much of that.
If Archiehas any further comments I would be interested to hear. Thank-you again for taking the time to reply.@@TheKayakCrew
@@iansimpson8309 In our video review of the Itiwit X100 1-2 person kayak, we included footage of a 'race' we had on the Monmouthshire & Brecon canal. The link is below. Archie was using his Tootega and the Itiwit did seem a bit slower but not massively so. We were both beaten by his 2 boys who were using a tandem full drop stitch kayak (2 paddlers are faster than one!). The race footage starts at about 5:50 in the video.
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As long as you have the storage and a roof rack to carry a hard shell, then the Tootega Kinetic seems a very suited to your use case. I will have a chat with Archie because he has used the Tootega much more than me and he's also used the Itiwit and the other inflatable kayaks we have a lot, so he is in a better position to make a comparison than me. I'll reply further asap once I've discussed with him.
My gut feeling from having been out with Archie when he's used the Tootega on many of our trips is that the Tootega will get you a speed increase with better tracking, a retractable skeg and more comfortable seating position compared to the Itiwit but maybe at the cost of a bit of stability but not that much. Only time I can recall him tipping his Tootega over is on the Taff river earlier this year and that was when he hit a large boulder under the water.
Archie was using his Tootega in our Kerne Bridge-Symonds Yat video on the below link. Not trying to get you to watch our other videos, just that you may be interested to see it in use 🤣
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I'm sure there is footage of him using it in some of our other videos but can't remember which ones. He doesn't use it that much now tbh because we tend to mostly use our tandem inflatable kayaks. I remember him using the Ottowa drop stitch kayak we have and saying that it performed similar to his Tootega, although the skeg is not retractable.
When we went on the Ely River/Cardiff Bay earlier this year, I used a Story drop stitch kayak and this seemed a bit faster than the Tootega which Archie was using but it's not very stable, so if you want stability I would not recommend it
Again, thanks so much for the detailed reply. It seems that there is not as much speed difference as I had anticipated. I watched the little race on the canal and unsurprisingly the 2 up drop stitch kayak was faster! I'm hopeful the increased comfort and similar stability should still make it a good choice for me. I have space at home and a roof rack on the car, so there should be no issues there.
I hadn't realised that Archie had experience of both the Itiwit x100 and Tootega, so if he was able to make any comparisons, that would be much appreciated.
I had looked and was sorely tempted by the Ottawa too. My only issue with the inflatables is the set up and drying times before packing. I tend to do return journeys up and down the river so it's not like I'm going single journeys and need something portable to get on to public transport to take me back home! @@TheKayakCrew
@@iansimpson8309 Of all the kayaks we've tried, there is not a massive speed difference between any of them tbh.
If you just do circular trips and have a roof rack then a hard shell would be a better option for you I guess.
I haven't yet got a roof rack for my car but may get one when I buy a new car (hopefully soon). I do like being able to pack away inflatables in a backpack in the boot but hard shell sit on tops are more comfortable and the ability to retract the skeg is useful on rivers - nothing worse than the sound of your skeg grinding over the bed of the river 😬 We've snapped a few skegs off the last couple of years, always take spares with us just in case.
Yes, Archie has used the tandem inflatables loads as well as his Tootega, I will speak to him on the weekend and update you about what he said.