Blunt Kayaks Australia: Fluid's Flirt White Water Kayak Outfitting

Fluid Kayaks: Flirt Outfitting

The outfitting is like all things Fluid: simple to use, effective, lightweight. No gimmicks.

		The seat and spine is rotomoulded as a single unit, with a variety of kiss-offs and grooves on the bottom half. The combination means reduced weight, maximum stiffness, and a huge area of hull support. The movable hip pads and adjustable backrest are all fixed to the seat unit. When moving the seat forward or back, the hip pads and backrest move with it. The seat rails are made of HDPE, and have 5 holes for easy adjustment. To move the seat, you only have to take out the two plastic knobs in front, bend the rails a bit to release the bolts from the holes, slide the seat forward or back, slot the bolts back into a set of holes and screw the knobs on again. Simple, but very effective and fool proof.
		Fluid's backrest is probably the simplest concept on the market today, and highly effective. It gives maximum support to the lower back, and has no sewn on pieces than can break. The backrest can be adjusted using quick release ratchets from IR, which are mounted on the seat pan.
		The pre-shaped hip pads, mounted on the sides of the seats, are fully adjustable. Just loosen the knobs, move them in and out or change the angle, and tighten the knobs again. No need for gluing extra foam in. So easy to accommodate paddlers of different sizes. It's also possible to pull the neoprene covers off to glue some more foam on, if needed.
		The thigh braces are fully adjustable, moving forward and backward. To move, simply take the top screws out with a flat screwdriver or coin, and loosen the knob at the bottom.
		We all know a playboat needs fins for super fast carving. So we experimented with fins on the Flirts till we got the perfect spot to fix the fins to the hull. Next question: what is the perfect angle for a fin? The truth is, there is no perfect angle, it all depends on the type of wave and what you want to do on it. For some waves and styles you want them dead straight for lots of speed, for other waves and styles you want them toed in so that you can zip around on the wave. So there you have it, fin plates that enables you set your fins up dead straight or toed in at any angle up to 20°. The plates take industry standard wake board fins. We're also working on our own fin designs, which will be available soon.
		The flexible handles, made of stiffened tubular webbing with 1000kg breaking strength, are fixed to moulded in inserts. Apart from being strong, they are also very comfortable to use.
		A standard drain plug finishes off the outfitting. The plug is sunken in to protect it from damage, and positioned in the stern left corner for easy drainage.

The Fluid Kayak Range




Small Flirt	Medium Flirt	Large Flirt	Medium Spice	Large Spice	Small Solo	Large Solo	Hatch Solo

For further information and assistance please contact
Blunt Kayaks
blunt@kayaks.com.au
61 3 9421 0427