Alpaca made of Scout material?

I recently had Alpacka build me a Curiyak out of Scout materials. The Curiyak is basically two scout rear ends put together with a little extra length. It turned out great. No deck or storage zipper. It has the usual 4 bow gear loops for carrying a backpack. I can’t remember the weight off the top of my head, but I can check later.

Very cool. Definitely let me know the weight if you can.

Love the Curiyak for an all around boat! I would be interested in that weight also.
If you can fit in an Alpacka and you are doing mostly flat water, then why not just get the new Scout? That’s a pretty sweet set up. If i was a few inches shorter i would definitely go that route for the less bulky boat.

Doug – That’s a good question and sort of hard to explain unless you’ve floated either stillwater or labyrinth on the green. It’s flat, but depending on the season it is cold and/or choppy due to crazy wind. The bigger boat would deal with wind waves better and the 12″ tubes might keep me dryer. But… getting wet also isn’t the end of the world. I’m torn.

Curiyak with new Scout fabric (with a few lines installed but no seat): 1,580 g (3.48 lb)

Curiyak seat: 140 g (0.31 lb)

Scout with new materials (no seat): 1,300 g (2.87 lb)

The benefit of the Curiyak over the Scout is a lot more leg room (a bit more than an Alpacka) and a bow that can handle a real backpack and some wave chop from a headwind.

For what its worth I used the Curiyak on a Coho trip.   Went up river all day and then floated back down with Salmon for 3 of us in a backpack on the bow.  70lbs.  No issue at all.  Definitely a plus of the Curiyak over the scout.  Handles chop fairly well too.

That’s pretty light. 2.5lbs lighter than my Yak. Seems like a good option.