#POTOMAC PATHFINDER 100 KAYAK COCKPIT COVER UPGRADE#

#POTOMAC PATHFINDER 100 KAYAK COCKPIT COVER UPGRADE#

We are hoping to upgrade maybe next season but we also had to get a car rack and all the other things like life jackets and paddles and straps and didn’t want to break the bank just starting off. And the front and back look much more significantly streamlined than on the Potomac. The bottom of the fusion isn’t perfectly flat, but instead comes to two points, sorta like a ‘W’ when you look at the bottom head-on. We didn’t experience anything like this with the Tarpon so maybe the fusion would do better. When we kayaked in Cincinnati we were using Tarpon 120’s and the bottom of the fusion 124 seems much more similar to the Tarpon’s. It does come to a point at the bottom, so it doesn’t sit straight on shore, but its not very pronounced and the front and back seem pretty stubby. Its a little turny but I can handle it pretty well, its just the sudden veering off to one side or the other shortly after I stop paddling that is weird. While I’m paddling it seems to track fine.

We took a class from the park service in cinncinati a few weeks ago and they were using some ocean sot kayaks that were great but a bit pricey for us just starting out.Īny help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

My question is, is this just the way 10ft recreational wide kayaks are? Or does this potomac kayak have particularly bad tracking? We were considering also the 10ft 4in future beach fusion 124 also from dicks which seems to look more streamlined on the bottom but it's is $270 and I'd hate to go through the process of returning them and paying the extra money if they are just going to do the same thing. I've got my paddling technique down and it goes mostly straight while constantly paddling but it is extremely annoying when I stop to just take a drink of water and suddenly find myself sideways. The problem is I have found that it has a tendency to drift to the left or right significantly once I stop paddling. We got them for a great deal at $199 each. They are 10ft Potomac pathfinders from dicks sporting goods. Hi all! My wife and I recently purchased our first kayaks and just took them out on the water for the first time today.

Potomac pathfinder 100 kayak cockpit cover