Product Description
We built this pair of Shearwater 17 Hybrid kayaks as show boats in 2023-24. They are brand new and on display in our showroom. Carefully constructed using paulownia and red cedar strips, marine plywood and carbon fibre fabric, they are strong, lightweight and beautiful.
The Shearwater is one of our most popular sea kayak designs, because of its nimble, efficient hull shape and reassuring stability.
The photos above show the actual boats for sale. Hull 002 is the one with the carbon fibre cockpit apron.
Please get in touch if you have any questions about these boats or to arrange a viewing at our showroom near Kendal.
You can order the boats on our website, but this is priced for collection only. If you require delivery, please contact us for a shipping quote before ordering.
- Paulownia deck with Western Red Cedar accent strips
- Marine plywood hull
- Sheathed in clear fibreglass, inside and out
- Carbon fibre details: hatch toggles, cheek plates and cockpit apron (hull 002 only)
- Recessed fibreglass deck fittings moulded into the wooden deck
- Perimeter line, hold-down lines and rope loop handles
- Moulded foam seat and backband
- Adjustable aluminium footbraces
- Fore and aft deck hatches (flush hatches with turndog fasteners)
- Hull painted with hard wearing twin-pack white paint
- Deck varnished with hard wearing twin-pack gloss varnish
- Hull 001 weighs 17.8 kg, fully finished and fitted out
- Hull 002 weighs 18.3 kg, fully finished and fitted out
- Available now and ready to paddle
Design specification
- Length
- 5.18 m (17′)
- Beam
- 565 mm (22¼″)
- Load
- 120 kg (270 lb)
- Cockpit size
- 787 × 415 mm (31″ × 16⅜″)
- Knee height
- 305 mm (12″)
- Paddler weight
- 68-100 kg (11-16 st)
- Max. shoe size
- 11½ (46⅔)