Sea Runner XL Expo

This is a LOVE STORY! My Sea Runner is an old friend and a Fantastic Sea Kayak. My one and only Sea Kayak for, I think 35 years. We had a house in Strathmere NJ for 40 years and I left the boat on the beach year round so I could use it when ever I wanted. The house was on Corsons Inlet, so I could paddle in the ocean or the bay. I did nothing to maintain the boat, poor thing. It did not seem to to matter how much abuse it took because it was always fast and stayed on track. It only needed one repair after I was riding a particularly large wave and the bow went straight into the trough of the wave and into a sand bar. My feet instantly broke both peddles and stuffed me into the boat as I was pitch poled by the wave. I lived at the shore year round for 7 years and a friend of mine and I would go our for a paddle summer, fall, winter and Spring. We never missed going out on the full moon. He is an artist and he painted a large painting of me in the Sea Runner paddling into the full moon. I am now 74 and live on the Delaware river. I bought some river kayaks and enjoy them but my go to boat is still the Sea Runner. I can go for long paddles for hours at a time. We are near Philadelphia and the river is fresh water but tidal. The tide runs at about 7 knots. This means that if I time the tides right, I practically never have to paddle. Usually, I time it to go out against the tide and come home with the tide. Life is good and the Sea Runner is always ready to go. I love this boat? Bill Cowan

I have owned 2 SeaRunners for 20 years. Leaving them outside has taken a toll on them, and need to be replaced. BUT, I have paddled the boats up creeks that I couldn't turn around in. I have paddled the boats in the open Gulf of Mexico. I have surfed them and paddled them in the swiftest waterways in Florida. The performance has been great... very enjoyable and maneuverable boat. It's time for new ones and I most likely will get the same boat. I have always loved the hull design for easy turning in small creeks. It tracks very well considering it's not a V Hull.

Very fast kayak considering it's plastic. Handles everything well. Nice looking. Comparable to a Perception Eclipse Sea Lion. Designed by Tom Derrer, a kayak racer, who started Eddyline kayaks.