Eddyline Carribean 12 or 14 kayak Reviews

Anyone care to post their opinions or real experience about the eddyline carribean kayaks?  Thanks. 

Rey

Downsizing your AI to an Eddyline Caribbean?

No, I just want a much lighter kayak when I fish the lakes and rivers.

Rey

Just bought mine recently 2013 Cab 14 in yellow .. in short .. awesome boat . light, track really straight, and easy to maneuver ..
     Don ( Well Made Pare Ko )

Just bought mine recently 2013 Cab 14 in yellow .. in short .. awesome boat . light, track really straight, and easy to maneuver ..
     Don ( Well Made Pare Ko )

Wow, Don you got all the nice toys!  I did not know that you also have a tandem AI.  Ang yaman mo naman bro!  So how does your carribean handle all the bumps and scraping into rocks and rocky beaches?  Does it get knicked or gouged easier than than polyethylene kayaks or is it really much tougher?

So far I have no gouge or scratches on the yak yet  .. never drag them over the rocks yet .. Lol.. all I can say the yak handle beautiful even on the windy and choppy condition,  highly recommended it ...
       Don

Just bought mine recently 2013 Cab 14 in yellow .. in short .. awesome boat . light, track really straight, and easy to maneuver ..
     Don ( Well Made Pare Ko )

 Does it get knicked or gouged easier than than polyethylene kayaks or is it really much tougher?

Gouging on Eddylines is way less than Poly boats. ABS plastic is much stiffer by nature. It will not gouge like Poly does. It is however more venerable during hard impacts such as dropping off a car or coming down hard on rocks, but even then it can be repaired. The typical glance and blow hit or beach landing is actually where it shines.  I have 3 Caribbean 12' and 2 Caribbean 14' in my rental fleet. They go out 3-5 times a week which works out to about 100 per season of hard use. They have held up so much better than any of my Poly boats. I literally treat them like a cheap poly boat and let anyone rent them and take them wherever they want, and I've been pleasantly surprised with how well they have held up. I will say that the seats take a beating from the sun, but with rest of the boats clean up really well. FWIW coming from an Eddyline Salesmen

Just bought mine recently 2013 Cab 14 in yellow .. in short .. awesome boat . light, track really straight, and easy to maneuver ..
     Don ( Well Made Pare Ko )

 Does it get knicked or gouged easier than than polyethylene kayaks or is it really much tougher?

Gouging on Eddylines is way less than Poly boats. ABS plastic is much stiffer by nature. It will not gouge like Poly does. It is however ore venerable during hard impacts such as dropping off a car or coming down hard on rocks, but even then it can be repaired. The typical glance and blow hit or beach landing is actually where it shines.  I have 3 Caribbean 12' and 2 Caribbean 14' in my rental fleet. They go out 3-5 times a week which works out to about 100 per season of hard use. They have held up so much better than any of me Poly boats. I literally treat them like a cheap poly boat and let anyone rent them and take them wherever they want, and I've been pleasantly surprised with how well they have held up. I will say that the seats take a beating from the sun, but with rest of the boats clean up really well. FWIW coming from an Eddyline Salesmen

  No Salesmen allowed in this topic!  Just kidding Dan.  Thanks for the info.  I know you are pretty straight up.  I'm gonna have to take a look at your rentals.  When are you going to have your demo sales?

Spent some paddle time - thanks to Dan from Headwaters - great boat! Just like the others had mentioned - don't treat it like a plastic boat - other than that, it paddles well!

Downsizing your AI to an Eddyline Caribbean?

I did. I love the eddyline. I fish Pigeon point about twice a week and its awesome for inshore gorilla fishing.
its super fast to set up and light enough to take down stairs and or cliffs on your own..Also super maneuverable when you need to get close and between wash rocks etc.
Just have to be a little careful with it.
and one more thing. I find that my 12foot eddyline is more stable then my single ai without the outriggers. Go figure!!
With this said I think ultimately it's going to depend on what type of fishing you need the boat to do. I still use my hobbies for  long range trolling and big water.

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  No Salesmen allowed in this topic!  Just kidding Dan.  Thanks for the info.  I know you are pretty straight up.  I'm gonna have to take a look at your rentals.  When are you going to have your demo sales?
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I have a demo 12 for sale now. Both the 14's are in really good shape still and they are rigged for fishing so I'm just going to keep them for another season. Let me now what your looking for and I will PM you a price.

I wanted a lighter kayak and bought the Caribbean 12 a couple months ago. So far, I've had it on the lake, American river and at Albion. I fished off it for 6 days at Albion without a problem. Felt very comfortable. Actually, my back and butt is more comfortable on the 12 than on my P13. Ended up spending more time on the water than usual. Easy to load. I can easily pick it up and load it on my SUV.

They look good too.

Al

They do look good Alfredo.I want the 14'.

       I think you can't go wrong with that choice !      I vote you get the 14

Thanks for the info and opinions guys! 

Rey