Thinking of upgrading my kayak

[Koz]

  On 3/21/2025 at 2:35 PM, casts_by_fly said:

yeah, the new one is just an ipilot link terrova with a cut down shaft.  It makes sense to have it and that will do a lot of the things that people have asked of the autopilot. It’s the 55# thrust plus link.

 

i don’t see this as a good pair with the epdl.  The extra $1500 adds weight and only gives spotlock/navigate.  If you’re buying new, then you get the regular pdl and add the terrova.  There isn’t a standard paddle pro which would be an even better choice to minimize cost and get spotlock. But if the aftermarket mounting plate works then a 120 paddle is $1k and the terrova is $1500. That’s spotlock and then some for $2500, and around $3k once you add battery and box, mount, etc. That would be seriously tempting. 

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Take a look at the Wilderness Systems Tactical Pro.

 

If I sell me Autopilot, I think that’s what I would buy. But Old Town just crashed the resale value of my kayak.

[casts_by_fly]

  On 3/21/2025 at 5:39 PM, Koz said:

Take a look at the Wilderness Systems Tactical Pro.

 

If I sell me Autopilot, I think that’s what I would buy. But Old Town just crashed the resale value of my kayak.

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its a neat boat. Though at that price I bet some would prefer a 120 pdl as the base so you have two propulsions. The inbuilt storage of the tactical is neat, though the whole thing is verging on being a plastic boat and not a kayak (fine line, I know). Alas, my autopilot has been gone for two weeks now so I’m no longer in the kayak game.