Boat Type: Kayak
ESKIMO SALTO KAYAK - Mark 1 Length 245cm Width 64cm Volume 250L Weight 18kg So these dont come up very oftenOne of the best creeking boats ever madeI used to have Mark II version as well and sold it cos this was better! As you will see from the photos - it is well used with plenty scratches on the base (done a lot of miles)However it is fully intact and paddles great.Includes original moveable footrest.Includes eskimo rear buoyancy bag.Probably front as well (but too old and knackered to get inside and check).Paddled it last year and stll paddles great - selling now due to bad back (and had my pensioners bus pass for over 3 years)Roomy boat - big volume - brilliant for big drops - good boat for larger paddlers. Included a copy of a couple of reviews below :- “The old Salto had excellent paddling characteristics, boofing like a charm, coming up very controllably after drops or when punching big holes, being very forgiving and controllable to a fine degree. All in all, a great boat! One of best creeking boats made - Suits larger paddler - Bombproof!
” “The Salto was designed with full on creeking in mind. The boat has a flattish hull under the seat to give you good initial stability and a round hull at the front of the boat to ensure that it tracks well through the biggest of holes. It is a real point and go boat, you just point it where you need to be and it will go straight there without getting knocked off course by boils or by planing when you need to be turning. Most creek boats come with planing hulls, but this can cause them to skitter off course when boofing through big holes or into enclosed holes. The Salto never does this, even when fully submerged it continues to travel perfectly straight.
Although it may seem quite long (245cm), the boat feels way shorter on the water and because of the big rocker on the nose it goes surprisingly well down small steep creeks that would ordinarily be Topo territory. The cut off back end looks quite strange but has the effect of acting like an outboard motor. On continuous water it pushes the boat through pourovers and holes that would normally stop you and it also makes boofing straight extremely easy. In general the boat handles very nicely turning fast and having very good forward speed, It tracks superbly and always carries you away from the bottom of a fall or hole even if you miss the boof and go deep! A very nice feature of the Salto is the tilted cockpit.
As well as making the boat super comfy to paddle this allows the paddler to pull their knees out of the boat without having to lift your butt out of the seat. This makes getting in and out extremely easy and would be invaluable in case of a bad pin. The Salto comes kitted out in full whitewater spec with grab handles at the ends of the boat as well as behind the cockpit for ease of rescue in pinning situations. There is a throwline holder under the front deck and the boat comes with full plate footrests as standard. There is an enormous amount of room in the boat making it suitable for multiday trips and super comfy for single day trips.
The cockpit rim has been redesigned so that it is far deeper to stop any problems with the deck blowing, and with it? S heavyduty Coex construction you can guarantee that it will take the knocks better than anything else! All in all, this boat to be extremely reliable and fantastic at going exactly where you point it! It has definitely raised the level and drops that you would shy away from now become fair game!! ”
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