Swift Canoe and Kayak recently unveiled four news kayaks at the 2017 Toronto Boat Show. These are not new additions to the kayak lineup at Swift but are serious upgrades in the color and weight department. Personally I am excited about the new paradigm shift that Swift and others are pushing with design and color schemes.
Swift is moving to become the only composite kayak manufacturer that produces the top deck and cockpit rim as a single-unit, which saves weight and adds strength and rigidity for entry and exit of the cockpit. The traditional process for making composite kayaks uses an internal layering fasten system and an H-Channel finish to join the deck and hull together. Swift has moved to an overlapping seam design that they claim eliminates three- to four-pounds of weight. Their engineers have also been able to infuse the skeg-box directly into the mold of the composite hull to add weight savings and strength to their Kevlar fusion kayaks.
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Adirondack 12 LT
Weight: 24 pounds
Material: Kevlar Fusion
Cloth-Pattern Finish Color: Purple Rain, Vine’s Finish, Henna Finish
Updated Features: Integrated Carbon Cockpit Rims, Over-lapping seams to reduce weight and increase structural stability and rigidity
Seating System: Easy-to-use back strap, adjustable lumbar support padding, fold-down storage
Adirondack 12
Weight: Less than 30 pounds
Material: Kevlar Fusion
Color: Mango
Updated Features: Retooled hatches, Integrated Carbon Cockpit Rims, Over-lapping seams to reduce weight and increase structural stability and rigidity
Seating System: Easy-to-use back strap, adjustable lumbar support padding, fold-down storage
Adirondack 13.6
Material: Kevlar Fusion
Color: Boreal Color Fade-To-Champagne
Updated Features: built for larger paddlers, Integrated Carbon Cockpit Rims, Over-lapping seams to reduce weight and increase structural stability and rigidity
Seating System: Easy-to-use back strap, adjustable lumbar support padding, fold-down storage
LV Kiwassa 12.6
Weight 28 pounds
Material: Kevlar Fusion
Color: Henna Design
Updated Features: built for larger paddlers, Integrated Carbon Cockpit Rims, Over-lapping seams to reduce weight and increase structural stability and rigidity
Seating System: Easy-to-use back strap, adjustable lumbar support padding, fold-down storage
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Swift Canoe And Kayak Saranac 14 Recreational Kayak
Swift Canoe and Kayak is an Ontario-based manufacturer of canoes and kayaks
