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Zegul Kayaks
The
comprehensive range of the impeccably made Zegul Kayaks from Swedish designer
Johan Wirsen have arrived. Constructed with a cutting edge aerospace infused
carbon aramide hull, finished with craftsman like care & attention to
detail. Click HERE to see
the laminate processes for the Zegul boats, a process which requires huge
capital infrastructure & produces ultra-strong boats with a superb
uniform finish. These boats are designed into niches which they fill with
aplomb, with very specific design briefs, aimed at ambitious paddlers looking
to grow their skills in a boat they'll have forever. We're proud to add the
new Zegul 520 & the Zegul 520 LV, and the most eye-catching boat to hit
the market since the Tahe Greenland, the Zegul Baidarka. |
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Zegul Baidarka The original Baidarka kayaks were designed by the
Aleutians, to go fast, cover ground with a low wind profile & provide a
stable platform for hunting. Unlike the Greenland boats they were paddled
regularly in rough water, so had hull designs which dealt with dynamic ocean
states, while maintaining the all-important boat speed. The modern surf ski
owes a lot to the lines of these indigenous boats, and we are very excited to
have this revival kayak available for the first time in Australia, complete
with the hugely distinctive lines of the original bifurcated bow, in a
single piece. Click HERE to read a short review of this unique sea kayak.
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Zegul
Baidarka Length: 548 cm Skeg (CARBON/KEVLAR) $3790.00
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Zegul 550 The Zegul is a super fast and versatile touring kayak.
Designed by Johan Wirsén, the creator of the Point65 XP, this boat shares
some of the excellent features that made the XP a fast, high performance
design, but with added sea attributes like a fuller bow (to prevent pearling
in following seas) & a shallower keel line (to give a less twitchy
initial stability). It has some very good reviews overseas commenting on the
speed downwind, stability in genuinely big water, and the great handling of
the Swede form hull. The Zegul is available in a light-packing expedition
size (Zegul 550).
The stern deck is significantly lower than the bow deck, and the hull
features well-defined chines, that make the Zegul stable on a sea and
effortless to turn without a rudder, however is now available as standard
with a SmartTrack 270degree rudder. The high quality standard construction is
with a vacuum infused carbon-kevlar lay-up with hybrid inner layer in the
hull, also with an extra reinforced keel & seams, and a GRP deck. Hull
and deck are joined with robust Kevlar tape. Click HERE to read a
review of the Zegul 550. The Zegul is equipped with the best components on
the market and this together with the high quality construction makes it a
pure premium kayak.
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Zegul
550 Length: 550 cm Rudder: Smart Track professional (standard) (CARBON/KEVLAR)
$3890.00 |
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Zegul 520, & Zegul 520 LV When we first demo'd this
essentially play-style kayak at the National Sea Kayak Symposium we were
astonished at the response. The boat barely touched the sand over the weekend
& was put through it's paces by paddlers with varying skills to pretty
much all-round approval & enthusiasm. The only other boats we've seen
with this response have been the Greenland T & the North Shore Atlantic,
so we sensed that our own impressions about the qualities of the 520 were on
the money, that it promised a solid handling, manoeuvrable sea boat with a
little more cruising speed than that normally associated with your
typical play boat. The 520 comes in two sizes, the LV suited to paddlers up
to about 85kg, & the standard size for paddlers in the 80kg plus weight
range, or lighter paddlers looking to use the boat for touring as well as
play. It features a reinforced V keel which provides the glide, with solid
hard chined stability on edge to deal with the rough stuff. A superb
all-round boat, with a little more speed to burn than the British boats of
the genre, and a very predictable feel on dynamic water. Red a review of the Zegul 520 HERE.
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Zegul
520 Length
520cm Width
53cm Weight
Capacity Approx.
160kg Cockpit
80x42cm (31½”x16½’’) Weight: carbon/kevlar: 22kg Skeg Rudder: SmartTrack professional
(optional) $3790.00 |
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Zegul
520 LV Length
520cm Width
53cm Weight
Capacity Approx.
140kg Cockpit
80x42cm (31½”x16½’’) Weight: carbon/kevlar: 22kg Skeg Rudder: SmartTrack professional (optional) $3790.00 |
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