niko

great to see your x arrived mate pic of mine on thread started by niffty (wales fishing) ,caught a few fish today ,you wont be disapointed mate nice one

chears for a great day mate ,next time more fishing less paddling a i hope that was a spurdog as i said to you Ive never heard of one caught here ,so would be a great sign of the times if there start to populate round here cant really add much to stuarts report but great to be fishing finally x-factor worked great and great company ps it got bloody cold!!!

chears mate and well said

yep lets just fish and bugger politics ,tight lines to all

i have to add a few comments to this thread that seems to be headed down hill (i only started it to express how pleased i am with the yak) basically the guys from oz(and ken from malibu) helped me,and others out when the problems with stuart arose they were not the people selling to me and with out them i would have no yak and no money they are not the uk dealers they are australia and nz so there comments don't help themselves financially so i think some of the comments are a bit harsh ,i would of been well and truely ****ed with out them on side it does seem a bit odd that people making comments about malibu are jumped on but not if comments are made about ocean kayaks?

as soon as i get a chance will take some and post on here

well the x finally got here and as there was a carmer day took her out for a quick play countnt get in the sea ,to big a swell for a first trip so went to my local estuary ,to start with i paddled into the current to see how hard it would be to make headway against (current running very strong,the bouys were being pushed nearly under!!)and have to say even with a slow stroke rate moved slowly against it without to much difficulty with a faster stroke rate moved no probs .and with the current wow you fly. next i thought i would try to find out tracking and turning ,all i can say on tracking (even with my crappy paddling technique)wow its on rails .and as far as turning gos i was pleasantly surprised not super quick but very doable(but i suspect a rudder would be worth having). next i thought i would have a bit of fun testing the stability so started by crawling all over the beast ,no probs getting anywhere on it front hatch ,tankwell ,etc .the primary stability is great really inspires confidence , so with the reports of wide yaks not having great secondary stability i thought i would test and see sat side saddle and started to tip it up to try and find the point of flip ,well i had this thing so far over the rod holders were filling up with water ,and i started to slip of the side ,and still no sign of this thing tipping so i would say the secondary stability is great. all in all well happy will add more when i have another chance to play. i have to add thanks to shawn at fishyak and ken(malibu )for sorting things out for me

chears mate ,thanks for your help getting it sorted

got to agree there ,and far play to the bloke allso pmed me with loads of advice on how to check for the problems , when i picked up the yak(from the new uk distributer i was allso told any problems contact us and it will be sorted which does inspire confidance very happy with all the people involved and also in the yak thanks all

lol !!!! know name yet ,by christ it was a long labour!!! now lets see if she's well behaved chears mate

thanks for advise ,pm sent

the x has landed repeat the x has landed woho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! picked it up today ,now need this frelling wind to drop down i got the 1st one out the shipment so apart from stuart(grrrrr) im the only one in the uk with an x-factor and the 1st yellow in the uk I AM A HAPPY BUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sounds good mate you will be the first to know

i was only joking about stability mate ,got a long paddle on order and have to say when i saw those pics it looked fun (or is the word mental lol)

believe me after waiting over 6 months i will ,chears mate

cheers mate ,problem is ive got 30 mph winds by me at the mo(could make that first trip out exciting!!!)that will test how stable an x really is!!!! lol

well the yaks have landed in the uk (about time!!!)just waiting on them clearing customs and being distrbuted ,i might finaly get my x !!! .just in time for a bit of cod fishing (recon i might of missed the mackrel now!!!!!)

just to let you know reverseing polarity on a light bulb makes no differance it still runs at 12v .it will just run brighter and hotter (will burn out a lot quicker).

as far as the portable licence gos i rang ofcom a few weeks ago and was told this will also be free as far as using the vhf yes what you say is true, its just as others have already stated is it really worth risking lives with incorrect use for the sack of £80?

i dont think thats right (no offence)i think both portable and fixed will be free and you can print it off your self from the web site its just if you want them to print it and post it to you it will cost

sounds good the malibu should be here toward mid/end oct

hi mate to be honest i use multipliers for most jobs but when using fixed spool i prefer rear i find it a lot easier to adjust when i have a fish on ,hope this helps

check these out mate http://www.redcar-fish.co.uk/subcat.asp?pa...finder%20Combos

totaly agree mate ,now were is my supreme ,superb ,unbeatable x-factor