Point 65 Mercury Gt Solo, Snap Modular Performance Kayak - Red

As easy as 1, 2, 3 - Following the success of Point 65’s modular recreational kayaks - here the touring version. The Point 65 Mercury GT is a high performance, stable, decked modular touring kayak with a large cockpit with which to explore and then take back home in the trunk of your car. Like the recreational versions, the Mercury features the innovative snap tap solution. The Point 65 Snap-TAP technologies are protected under US and European patents. The 415 cm/ 13’7’’ Mercury GT breaks apart into three manageable pieces each weighing less than 11 kg/ 24,3 lbs.

The 100cm/39’’ nose section fit’s snugly into the cockpit, making for easy stowage, for example in the trunk of your car. With an additional mid piece (sold separately) your Mercury GT Solo is transformed into a 545cm/17’10’’ high performance, expedition tandem. Created by award-winning design engineer Magnus De Brito, the Mercury is a fun, versatile, high performance touring kayak. Performance kayaking - The Mercury GT is a is fast, fun while comfortably stable and straight tracking kayak that snaps apart and re-assembles in only a few seconds making it by far the most easy to carry touring kayak. The rotomolded polyethylene construction provides a combination of strength and impact resistance that most other materials can’t match.

It has lot’s of dry storage space with powder dry hatches front and aft. The Mercury GT is a rigid high-performance expedition solo/tandem - touring kayak that you can carry with a smile on your face and which will fit in the back of most cars. It will also fit comfortably in SUV, crossover and mini vans with plenty of room to spare. Ultimate seat comfortThe Mercury GT is equipped with an extremely comfortable AIR seat. The AIR seat, with a pneu- matically adjustable backrest, gives the paddler an extremely comfortable and perfectly adjustable seating position.The seat covers are made of highly durable and comfortable, honey-comb patterned material in combination with mesh-like fabricwhich is laminated and molded over EVA foam.

The Mercury GT comes fully equipped featuring an efficient ingenious keel rudder skeg featuring the innovative Symmetry skeg system, which allows you to drop the skeg/rudder with tremendously improved maneuverability compared to normal add on rudders which are most common on kayaks. A large aft oval and a round forward hatch creating two accessible watertight compartments for your gear. It also features foot pedals as well as cup holders and a comfortable seat & back pad.