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Author:  [email protected] [ Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Mirage for white water

What level of white water can a beginner handle in the hobie inflatable....mirage?

Author:  mmiller [ Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirage for white water

White water is not something we recommend for any Hobie kayak, so I can not comment on that type of use.

Author:  [email protected] [ Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirage for white water

Although they are not designed for white water I am sure they are capable of something more than flat water. Thanks

Author:  mmiller [ Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirage for white water

Without a doubt! Great for rough water for sure. Biggest concern for moving water / rocks etc... is the MirageDrive and fins which are exposed below the keel.

Author:  shaggrugg [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mirage for white water

I'm not exactly sure what the rapids are rated (certainly III or less) but I have had no trouble getting tossed around on the Kasilof and Upper Kenai River here in Alaska. The thing I am sure to do when traveling through rapids is continually pedal at a speed slightly faster than the water flow so that I maintain rudder control. I've only been dunked once and that was when I had a person sitting on the back of the Outback... once I hit turbulent water I had very little control presumably due to the back end and rudder far under and exposed to swirling currents. The Kenai is cooold in May.

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