Upgrade confirmed~

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Somewhere 'Offshore'
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Upgrade confirmed~

Post by Somewhere 'Offshore' »

The Ocean Kayak Prowler series has had my eye for quite some time now, In particular the 4.7 model.
After the decision was made to go with the 4.7 I got a list together of all the accessories I would need to have it 'pimped out' how I wanted and costed it up.

Time to contact the supplier, BLA.

My first hurdle would be the colour of the kayak. It seemed it was only available in the red/black, which I wasn't a fan of. I message them about the colour options (hoping there were some options), shipping, ect.

While I was waiting for their response my excitement about the upcoming upgrade was starting to water down some and I started to worry I might not be making the best decision.
I remembered all the time I've seen (and fished with) blokes on Hobies and had secretly been a tad... well jealous.
So while I was waiting for BLA to get back to me I started looking at Hobies. Not because I wanted to cross to the dark side, I just figured it couldn't hurt.

So, cough~um, long story short...
I've put a deposit down on a 2015 Adventure Island.
I pick it up in about five weeks.
The tug is the drug~

Somewhere 'Offshore' - the only place I don't hear the voices
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shane
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by shane »

Thats quite a bit more than just a step into the dark side. Congratulations Jay. :clap:
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Wind Waker
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by Wind Waker »

Screw cookies, our dark side has peddles (and a sail) :thumbsup:
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Hammertime
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by Hammertime »

Just the pedals are awesome, can't tell you how many times I'm catching by trawling when everyone else is sitting around trying to trawl and paddle....
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Tim399
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by Tim399 »

Im VERY envious jay! Well if you need somewhere to store it... :evilgrin: :lol:

Enjoy!
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Galey
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by Galey »

Awesome :thumbsup: . I've said it before and I'll say it again, if I lived closer to the sea then I'd have one of these things.
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by choppers »

:clap: :clap: :yahoo:
"Ye old town" Yak captures - gummy (116) salmon (32) flatty (35) yakka (28) silver trev (25) couta (38) plus all the garbage fish

Prowler victims - squid (30cm) Gar (36) Snapper (80 :yahoo: ) kgw (39)
joffarob
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by joffarob »

Congrats jay, considering how far you got out in the aquayak, you'll be crossing the bay now :up:
Mr Tangle
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by Mr Tangle »

Congrats! :thumbsup:
Dibbles
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Re: Upgrade confirmed~

Post by Dibbles »

After 4 years in a pa.... Wanting an AI. I can say its awesome fun, easy to use and fantastic offshore platform. :up:
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