Скачать или смотреть Mariner Kayaks' Elan - First Paddle - Dec 20, 2025

First time with the Elan. Clean 2.5-3' waves with a 10 knot offshore wind. Interesting hull - a full and highly rockered bow, flat planing bottom in the midsection and a flat stern with a pronounced keel. Tracks well without a skeg/rudder but turns well when edged. The Elan front surfs well but doesn't do as well in backsurfs because of the lack of stern rocker. In contrast, my Sterling Progression surfs well front and back because of the equal bow and stern rockers (like a "banana"). Was not able to capture the rides for review. Front camera wasn't recording. Back camera got taken by the first breaking wave. More surf forecasted for Christmas. Will sort the cameras out, hopefully, by then. More to come.