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Kayak-ified Surf Skis *PIC*
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 5/8/2014, 4:46 pm
In Response To: Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review (Robert W)

At any rate, the Freya is an intriguing boat - does anybody know if there is anything resembling it on the market?

The Freya and it's XP18 brethren are basically surf ski hulls with kayak decks. Their ski, the XP18 Spyder, shares the same hull and most of the deck.

Bjorn is toying with the design a kayak-ified version of his Spindrift/Spray.

I found out about his thoughts this winter when I told him about the Spray I modified and was building for a customer. It was a Spray surf ski modified to have a traditional kayak-style cockpit. It was stretched and narrowed (20' LOA x 19" WOA). It should be arriving in Tennessee in a week or so. I was waiting to post pictures and information here until I had some on-the-water pictures from Zack. My local pond was still frozen when it shipped.

It's definitely longer and narrower than the Freya (18' x 23") but the stock Spray (18.4' x 20") would make a similar base.

It'll be very interesting to see what Bjorn comes up with for a final design.

http://watercraft.clearstreamwood.com/photo-gallery/kayaks/2014-spray-hpk-zack-tn/

Messages In This Thread

Review: Freya' FREYA review *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 5/6/2014, 11:26 am
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/6/2014, 1:28 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
Ancient kayaker -- 5/7/2014, 4:53 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/7/2014, 5:58 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 5/7/2014, 11:55 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/8/2014, 1:10 am
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
Björn Thomasson -- 5/8/2014, 5:55 am
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
Mike Bielski -- 5/8/2014, 2:36 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/8/2014, 3:21 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
mick allen -- 5/8/2014, 11:25 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/9/2014, 1:08 am
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 5/8/2014, 4:21 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
Mike Bielski -- 5/12/2014, 4:34 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
Robert W -- 5/8/2014, 3:33 pm
Re: Review: Freya' FREYA review
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/8/2014, 3:58 pm
Kayak-ified Surf Skis *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 5/8/2014, 4:46 pm
Re: Kayak-ified Surf Skis
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/8/2014, 5:37 pm
Re: Kayak-ified Surf Skis
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 5/9/2014, 8:30 am
Re: Kayak-ified Surf Skis
Björn Thomasson -- 5/9/2014, 1:56 pm
Re: Kayak-ified Surf Skis
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 5/12/2014, 6:32 am
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Robert W -- 5/12/2014, 10:47 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 5/12/2014, 11:34 am
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Robert W -- 5/13/2014, 2:56 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/13/2014, 4:04 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 5/13/2014, 4:19 pm
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anewhouse -- 5/13/2014, 10:35 pm
Re: Kayak- Surf Ski-ified
Marc Upchurch -- 5/12/2014, 7:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/12/2014, 11:58 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/13/2014, 8:18 am
Re: Surf ski-ified Kayak *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 5/13/2014, 9:14 am
Re: Surf ski-ified Kayak
Marc Upchurch -- 5/13/2014, 4:45 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 5/13/2014, 5:05 pm
Re: Surf ski-ified Kayak
Björn Thomasson -- 5/14/2014, 2:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2014, 12:53 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/13/2014, 8:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/14/2014, 1:21 am
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Björn Thomasson -- 5/14/2014, 2:43 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/14/2014, 12:57 pm
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Craig -- 5/15/2014, 2:59 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/15/2014, 4:39 pm
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Craig Robinson -- 5/16/2014, 12:59 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/16/2014, 8:51 am
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Craig -- 5/16/2014, 11:04 pm
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Craig -- 5/16/2014, 11:06 pm
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Craig -- 5/16/2014, 11:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/18/2014, 12:16 am
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Craig -- 5/18/2014, 3:06 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/16/2014, 11:16 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 5/17/2014, 3:52 am
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Craig -- 5/17/2014, 6:02 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/17/2014, 12:15 pm
Re: Kayak- Surf Ski-ified *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/17/2014, 12:44 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/17/2014, 8:19 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/17/2014, 8:54 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 5/17/2014, 9:15 pm
Re: Kayak- Surf Ski-ified
Bill Hamm -- 5/18/2014, 12:18 am
Re: Kayak- Surf Ski-ified - Thanks
Marc Upchurch -- 5/18/2014, 10:03 am
Re: Kayak- Surf Ski-ified
Bill Hamm -- 5/15/2014, 2:31 pm
Re: Kayak-ified Surf Skis Correction
Marc Upchurch -- 5/12/2014, 7:32 pm