Kayak Missing, please help. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

cabojohn · 05-26-2009, 05:53 PM

Sucks you lost a kayak but it could have been 10,000X worse had your fly-a-way kayak caused an injury accident or a worse a fatal crash!

The cost to replace your kayak & rack is nothing considering what it could have cost you!!! Plus you didn't get cited for not securing your load.

What really sucks is some douche bag picked yer yak up and ran with it.. fawker .

Bryantfish · 05-26-2009, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cabojohn

Sucks you lost a kayak but it could have been 10,000X worse had your fly-a-way kayak caused an injury accident or a worse a fatal crash!

The cost to replace your kayak & rack is nothing considering what it could have cost you!!! Plus you didn't get cited for not securing your load.

What really sucks is some douche bag picked yer yak up and ran with it.. fawker .

well put.

PAL · 05-26-2009, 08:58 PM

Brutal. Good luck.

Spyder · 05-26-2009, 10:30 PM

Bummer man, sorry you lost your sled. I am lucky in that my yak fits right inside my van.

T Bone · 05-27-2009, 08:11 AM

That blows,I allmost lost mine once on the 91fwy.Like previously stated it could have been much worse.Post your loss everywhere you can.I would have picked up a yak off the fwy had I found it and that early in the AM it was probably a construction guy like myself with a lumber rack.I would put up a reward too.

Norm222 · 05-27-2009, 02:19 PM

Sorry about the expensive lesson but it's cheap compared to someone getting hurt. I have that same setup on my Toyota Matrix, I'll have to check my setup. I, too, would have picked it up and posted in lost/found. Were you using a bow/stern tie downs also? I'm not sure if it's law but I do cuz I think it's safer. Now you can think about your next ride.

bearlythere · 05-27-2009, 03:19 PM

Just thought id chime in on this one because I ve seen similar. Im not saying this is what happened. but when you mentioned it was tight the night before. Bout 4 year ago I notice one of mu racks was a bit loose. In conversation witha buddy (We used to be lil more savage) he mentioned how meth-users (tweekers) will ride by on bikes or walk by several times in a night or over a few nights and slowly loosen the bolts and straps on trailors. They do this because takes to much time to loosen every thing before they steel.. So they take there extra time about and get it already... Sure enough after stakingout the truck for the night same guy came by twice loosing racks...well 1 1/2 times. He wont be back. So just to make everybody lil more paranoid... So from now on I check everything first before assuming.. Also it may not have helped in this case but check out the python locks from Master... the can fit though scupper holes even rod eyes, tighten like zipties and give a more peace of mind on the road... (just dont forget the keys)

THE DARKHORSE · 05-29-2009, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cabojohn

Sucks you lost a kayak but it could have been 10,000X worse had your fly-a-way kayak caused an injury accident or a worse a fatal crash!

The cost to replace your kayak & rack is nothing considering what it could have cost you!!! Plus you didn't get cited for not securing your load.

What really sucks is some douche bag picked yer yak up and ran with it.. fawker .

These were my exact thoughts when we met at the launch, not to mention the possibility of getting killed backing up on the shoulder. Having a family and all, losing a used and abused piece of plastic, big deal. No doubt about it, this sucked, but in the end it's just a piece of plastic.

Like I said, you can barrow my X-Factor any time you want to fish La Jolla. If you asked me that old kayak of yours had bad mojo anyway

, my ride will serve you well.

Billy V · 06-06-2009, 10:35 PM

Hey man I think this might be your Kayak.

http://www.plasticnavy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4760

Shorty · 06-07-2009, 11:55 PM

I wonder if the guy picked it up ?

Just says he saw one, nothing about if he has it.

habanero · 10-17-2009, 09:46 AM

Hope you get it back! Josh gives me hell for over engineering my kayak fasteners but I use four motorcycle straps for redundancy. Not all of us live 2 miles form LJ

, and 80MPH tends to cause unexpected problems.

05-27-2009, 08:11 AM	#5
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	That blows,I allmost lost mine once on the 91fwy.Like previously stated it could have been much worse.Post your loss everywhere you can.I would have picked up a yak off the fwy had I found it and that early in the AM it was probably a construction guy like myself with a lumber rack.I would put up a reward too. __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

05-27-2009, 03:19 PM	#7
bearlythere Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 88	TWEEKERS SUCK Just thought id chime in on this one because I ve seen similar. Im not saying this is what happened. but when you mentioned it was tight the night before. Bout 4 year ago I notice one of mu racks was a bit loose. In conversation witha buddy (We used to be lil more savage) he mentioned how meth-users (tweekers) will ride by on bikes or walk by several times in a night or over a few nights and slowly loosen the bolts and straps on trailors. They do this because takes to much time to loosen every thing before they steel.. So they take there extra time about and get it already... Sure enough after stakingout the truck for the night same guy came by twice loosing racks...well 1 1/2 times. He wont be back. So just to make everybody lil more paranoid... So from now on I check everything first before assuming.. Also it may not have helped in this case but check out the python locks from Master... the can fit though scupper holes even rod eyes, tighten like zipties and give a more peace of mind on the road... (just dont forget the keys)

06-07-2009, 11:55 PM	#10
Shorty Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Perth, Wild West, Australia Posts: 65	I wonder if the guy picked it up ? Just says he saw one, nothing about if he has it. __________________ Proudly sponsored by Team No Fish and Instant Noodles Highly respected member of T.A.A (Tackle Addicts Annonymous)

10-17-2009, 09:46 AM	#11
habanero Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SD Posts: 133	Hope you get it back! Josh gives me hell for over engineering my kayak fasteners but I use four motorcycle straps for redundancy. Not all of us live 2 miles form LJ, and 80MPH tends to cause unexpected problems.

05-26-2009, 05:53 PM	#1
cabojohn PROBATION Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 657	Sucks you lost a kayak but it could have been 10,000X worse had your fly-a-way kayak caused an injury accident or a worse a fatal crash! The cost to replace your kayak & rack is nothing considering what it could have cost you!!! Plus you didn't get cited for not securing your load. What really sucks is some douche bag picked yer yak up and ran with it.. fawker .

05-26-2009, 08:58 PM	#3
PAL Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 754	Brutal. Good luck.

05-26-2009, 10:30 PM	#4
Spyder Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 169	Bummer man, sorry you lost your sled. I am lucky in that my yak fits right inside my van.

05-27-2009, 02:19 PM	#6
Norm222 Junior Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 12	Sorry about the expensive lesson but it's cheap compared to someone getting hurt. I have that same setup on my Toyota Matrix, I'll have to check my setup. I, too, would have picked it up and posted in lost/found. Were you using a bow/stern tie downs also? I'm not sure if it's law but I do cuz I think it's safer. Now you can think about your next ride.

06-06-2009, 10:35 PM	#9
Billy V Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bay Ho Posts: 1,382	Hey man I think this might be your Kayak. http://www.plasticnavy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4760