: Safety is a problem with the things they market as a kayak in the
: states. People hear that kayaks are seaworthy, or expect that
: they are for who knows what reason, and they buy a piece of junk
: at the mall that's barely more seaworthy than a pool toy and get
: into trouble with it. Then they need rescuing, or die, and it's
: blamed on "kayaking." For every "real" sea
: kayak I see on top of a car, I see at least 20 pickups with rec
: boats piled in it. Occasionally these people will take the local
: ww club's beginner class, and stop going after the second class,
: when they have to do a wet exit.

: m

Hi Mike,
A few years ago, I would see a fair few SOT's knocking about, often in the wrong places but it seems to have died off with the recession. Since last year, any kayaks I've seen on roof racks are either proper sea kayaks or whitewater or playboats.

Mike Savage
South West Cork