Had a little trial of the Eclipse kayak in the weekend down the Ruamahunga River.
Noting it is winter and we have had lots of rain. The river was so swollen that there were no rapids but there were lots of boils and floating debris.
A 33km stretch took five of us 2hours to paddle. We put the boats in at one bridge and finished at the Featherston Bridge.
It was a great experience to test out the multisport boat on moving water after having completed my Grade Two certificate in a sea kayak.
I can definitely see a few swims coming up once the weather warms up and I brave real rapids.
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