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Looks great – I am jealous :o)
Mark
Congratulation.
What a beautiful boat. The colour is splendid and would be my first choice if I would buy another boat with the new design. I could test my one in white water in Austria and it was an interesting trip.
I’m using the Aqua Bound Manta Ray Carbon. If you need some infos feel free and contact me.
Thanks guys!
hrXXLight: I was looking for a 4-piece aluminum Manta Ray (so it would also double as Golite ShagriLa 3’s center pole) but had to settle with 210cm 2-piece aluminum one available from Finland. Though it was only 50 euros and should be white water proof. I might switch to lighter (and possibly a bit shorter?) carbon fiber paddle later if I can afford one.
looking forward to seeing some trip reports of it in use.
Congrats! Now there is a free way for adventures. Have fun!
The colour wouldn’t be mine – to flashy 😉
Curious and waiting for your new topic …
Thanks, Martin! Trip reports coming when I get my paddle. I’m starting to get anxious with it lingering somewhere. I’d want it NOW. 😉
Thanks, sabi. I was pondering between red and yellow and decided to go yellow. Bright orange or lime green would have been even cooler. 😀 Bright color is also partially for safety reasons and partially because it’s kinda cheerful.
You can take 2 spoons on your hiking poles 😉
At least Finland is not confused with Australia where my stuff is often detouring when on its way to Austria.
Colour depends definitely on what you want to do – or if you want to be seen by whoever or not. I speak about animals and I had the experience last weekend that when drifting by in olive green it is mostly accepted as natural flotsam.
I could well go paddling with my bare hands or take some stick from the beach or something… But I want my paddle! 😀
That’s true. I’ve had my period with camo and olive green and at the moment I want something else. And also, why is almost everything available in black and often only in black? Especially shell clothing. Why can’t for example shell pants be done in something like steel or granite grey color or in light green color? Black shell is way too hot in sun but would otherwise offer good wind protection in cold weather…
A friend of mine is going to sell exactly the same Boat (Alpacka Llama in yellow, version 2011). It has touched the water only once (lake), basically a new one. He simply bought it to big for him (being 179cm). Complete with spraydeck, all accessories and without any demage or scratches, only minor pigmentations in color. He is asking for 799 € including shipping within Europe. For pictures go to our Blog and contact us via Email. Cheers, Sven
Thanks for the info, Sven! I’ll pass it around for few friends if they’d be interested. I think it would be also possible to modify it for better fit by moving the seat forward (easy with the 2011 seats), removing the backrest and attaching a dry sack to make a bigger backrest (would also fit some gear without affecting much the center of gravity) and modifying the spraydeck to move the opening a bit forward (the hardest part to do)…