Tandem Whitewater Inflatable Kayaks

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You will need to pay more attention to weight capacity, or "payload", with tandem inflatable kayaks than you would on the solo models. Tandems are often expected to hold double the weight, but are typically only 20 to 25% bigger. If the tubes are too small and/or the floor is not thick enough, a two-person self bailer may hold little more than the weight of one average adult, with water coming in the bail holes as you add a second body. Many tandems that utilize 4” thick drop-stitch floors suffer to varying degrees from this problem. Typically, when a whitewater tandem is inflated, the floor should be more on order of 5” or 6” thick. Even if you spot one of the bargain brand self bailers for just a few hundred dollars, keep this in mind before spending your money on something that may be swamped all the time.

Note that the AIRE Superlynx, which is indeed a perfectly functional whitewater model, got filed on our Tandem Touring Kayak page due to the dual purpose nature of it's design. It is one of the very few really good jack-of-all-trades boats, while many of the imported brands on the market are not really very good at all. You might also want to look at the AIRE Traveler in our Touring section. This is also a very capable river boat. And if you only do day trips and cannot really afford a Superlynx, the AIRE Tributary Strike II and RMR Animas II tandems are pretty good all around as well.

Boat purchases get a 10% accessory discount on any other items, and if you need multiple boats at one time we may be able to work something out as well, depending on the brand. There is more info on the introduction to our Solo River I.K. page.

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