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17' Touring Sea Kayak, Carbon Fiber Current Designs Pisces Model, 1987

Location: 
United States, New Mexico, Deming
Ships to: 
United States
Current Price: 
 $300 
Quantity: 
1
Condition: 
Used
Listing Type: 
Chinese
Make: 
Current Designs
Model: 
Pisces

Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada

Item's Postal Code: 
88030
Payment Methods: 
PayPal
Description: 

This 17 foot Current Designs carbon fiber sea kayak has seen better days, but it still seaworthy, and last time I used it leaked only a few drops over a several hour paddle. The finish is oxydized, and a coat of acrylic wax makes the whitish residue you see in the photos, but it can be removed with lacquer thinner, and elbow grease. Other less volatile methods may work, you might want to try others. There are no breaches, but she will need to have some maintenance and updates to be used on any long voyages. I have included shots of the worst areas on the hull.

The forward hatch cover is missing,but I believe Current designs still sells them, but I used a home made one from a paint bucket, but it has walked off. The rim of the hatch has a few cracks, but could be sealed. The main hatch has good rubber. The seat has no cracks. The lines were replaced in 2012.

The rudder works with pedals, just fine. It includes a spray skirt, condition unknown but serviceable. I am not a glass man, but i think some careful use of West Systems would take care of the bad areas. New Carbon Fiber boats are expensive and this classic design tracks straight, paddles easy. There is lots of info on this model online.

I will not ship this boat. It will have to be picked up by your shippers, and no money will change hands. The boat is located near Deming, New Mexico, 45 miles East of Las Cruces, in zip code 80030. For not a whole lot of money you can have an operational carbon fiber vessel, that will perform nicely, of consider a full restore.

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Questions

Mike - 06/12 11:17AM
Hi Branson, I'm writing to inquire about your CD sea kayak and hopefully clear up a little confusion. I can tell you based on the multiple pics in your ad that this is not a carbon fiber boat. First of all no one produced carbon boats back then and secondly, carbon fiber is black and fairly smooth. From the pics, this is obviously a fiberglass boat and it appears to be in pretty rough shape. I should also mention that fiberglass does not "oil can" like rotomolded plastic boats, it fractures or "splinters". Based on the aligatoring of the entire hull finish, it would appear that the UV rays have gotten the better of it. Restoration of fiberglass isn't always possible and is incredibly time consuming and/or expensive and then there's the problem of dimensional appearance and color matching. In all reality, most materials have a useful lifespan and fiberglass, particularly if exposed to UV rays has a 20-25 year lifespan. I hope you don't take offense to any of this, as I'm just trying to provide real information. You're welcome to confirm any of this information with CD or other manufactures if you like. A couple of years ago, I purchased a used sea kayak that I thought I could paddle with my highly trained boating dog, but after some use it would appear that the rear hatch is a bit too small for him to ride or stand in for long. While a tandem would provide plenty of room they are no very common and just weigh too much for one person to handle. Given the condition of the boat, your distance away from me, etc.., I would be willing to offer you something for it, I just can't say what...maybe $150 site unseen? I will be visiting the Glenwood, NM area this weekend and could possibly arrange to stop by. Feel free to give me a call or I'll try calling you prior to Friday. Cheers, Mike ***

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