Does Anyone Make A Flat Bottomed Sot Kayak?

[Ham]

That happens in any boat. You have to overcome that with a paddle, not a different shaped craft.

Eric's funny.

[drew03cmc]

The Tarpon is not flat bottomed. Sorry to burst your bubble. Enjoy it though, they track well and are pretty quick.

[jdmidwest]

It is usually the little keel in the rear that gets caught on the current and whips you around. My Pamlico does that all of the time, usually use it to my advantage to circle back into the eddy of the pool and fish the run.

Without it, it would not track well in flat water. Tarpons have a similar hull with a couple of tunnels too.

[gotmuddy]

It is usually the little keel in the rear that gets caught on the current and whips you around. My Pamlico does that all of the time, usually use it to my advantage to circle back into the eddy of the pool and fish the run.

Without it, it would not track well in flat water. Tarpons have a similar hull with a couple of tunnels too.

I seldom fish "flat water". Maybe I can find a coosa to try out.

[eric1978]

I seldom fish "flat water". Maybe I can find a coosa to try out.

Good luck. They're a hot commodity. I saw one at Alpine Shop up here a couple months ago, went back a week later, gone. They're sweet boats and if I wasn't a canoe man I'da been all over it. Gotta say at $1,000 they're overpriced. I think all yaks are.

You're still gonna spin at the tailouts with wicked cross-currents in a Coosa, though. You just gotta paddle yourself straight out of those deals, but sometimes it's almost impossible to correct no matter how expertly you prepare and paddle through them or how hard you dig in.

[drew03cmc]

You can get a Coosa for $800 brand new.

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[Al Agnew]

Boats with rocker are the only solution to that problem. As others have said, a flat bottom has little to do with it. And actually you want a craft that does NOT track well in the ordinary sense of the term. The more rocker a boat has, the worse it is at tracking straight in flat water, but the less of the ends are in the water to catch the stronger current and spin you around.

However, Eric is right in that you'll still suffer from it until you learn to ferry curving riffles, no matter what boat you're in. Kayaks, due to the use of a double bladed paddle, are easier to learn to ferry. Give me a little time on Photoshop and I'll give you a diagram on ferrying.