welshkate

Although I’ve spent quite a lot of time on the water here in Oregon, I still hadn’t got around to kayaking the middle white salmon until last weekend. It was at about 1 foot. I ran the truss last year at about 1ft 8 inches, and that was low, so this was significantly lower. I demoed the famous pink rocker from Heather and headed down with James. It was a really mellow run at this level. The Rocker performed very well and it reminded me of my old Jefe. Getting it on edge is key to turning both of those boats in and out of eddies and they also respond better to sweeps than dufeks. Primary stability was better, i think, in the Rocker; that said, the secondary stability of the Jefe is phenomenal. Choosing which creek boat to buiy next is painful- either another Jefe or a Rocker…

After spending many hours in creekboats, a point I always consider is outfitting. The Jefe outfitting is second to none and im interested to see the ’improved outfitting’ in the new, 2007 Jefe. I thought they surely couldnt improve the outfitting of the old Jefe. The rocker was very comfortable too. Both boats boof well. Both boats have simialr volume and are really well balanced. Both boats weigh about the same…I may just go for the Rocker for a change…

White salmon cave

James running Husam. My neck hurt so i didnt run it.