Feedback needed re: Adventure Island

[monstahfish]

[QUOTE=Baja_Traveler;267362]So when you are primarily in sailing mode, do you just lock the peddles back, or do you remove them entirely?

You can just leave the drive in, it acts as a second dagger board. If you can swing it, I suggest getting a 2015 or 16 because of the increased volume, sail size and seat. Also the newer one is a bit more stable without the amas, I can even stand on it in calm water. If not, the classic version is still great and at it's core, is an adventure kayak so you can always use that by itself.

[alanw]

For fishing the AI with paddle(amas in the way?)/pedal/sail the AI is very versatile and even light enough to car-top. It's still a slow sailboat though, and I don't know why people would buy one if sailing is their main concern. Plenty of AI and TI submarine vids around. But, as an extended distance kayak it's pretty neat.

[Baja_Traveler]

Originally Posted by alanw

... It's still a slow sailboat though, and I don't know why people would buy one if sailing is their main concern.

So that's why I never see small sailboats out on the bay...

Speed isn't everything my friend.

But you are correct in that for what an AI costs you could pick up a very nice Catamaran if sailing was the only goal...

[warburto]

Originally Posted by Baja_Traveler

But you are correct in that for what an AI costs you could pick up a very nice Catamaran if sailing was the only goal...

This is something I've been thinking about quite a bit. I used to sail a Hobie 16 with my old man and I keep coming back to the price. For the price of a used AI I could get a mint Hobie or other sailing cat. But when we sailed the cat, that was all we did, and I had to hang on for deal life because he liked to sail everywhere with one hull out of the water. Fishing off a sailing cat doesn't seem all that fun to me, and I would be very skeptical of one in rough seas.

The AI/TI seems like it would actually be a more stable platform (but not as dry) for fishing and travelling in mixed seas.

The big thing for me is that I want to do both. I want to sail AND fish at the same time. So far the AI seems to fit the bill pretty tightly. But the wifey is asking me why I don't just put the little inflatable sidekicks on my Revo and shut up already about the AI... She's no fun!

[warburto]

Well, it's been a crazy month. I ended up buying two AI's. First I bought an older boat that needed some work. And then right as I was finishing up the resto on the older boat, a newer boat came on the market that was exactly what I wanted, so I bought that too!

I'm going to be selling the older boat in a few weeks, after I take a bunch of friends sailing.

But here's a pic of the new boat. It's pretty sweet.

[Chet]

Sweet looking warburto.
Do you cartop or trailer it ?

[warburto]

Originally Posted by Chet

Sweet looking warburto.
Do you cartop or trailer it ?

I'm car-topping it for now. But it's a beast. I need a PVC crutch to lift one end of it onto the cradles.