$11,000 Composite Standup Fishing Kayak

Interesting kayak, not my cup of tea but appreciate the engineering that went into it:
https://apexwatercraft.com/

The GoFund me program for that kayak failed. LOL. I'll pass.

11,000 and no rod holder?, no fish finder? where are the mounts for? 11,000 dollars???

Here I am thinking I'm on the line of 'just buy a boat' owning a Hobie.

I had heard that this was in the works but $11,000?  Yea, can't see this one becoming mainstream........

Fun to see new technologies applied to my hobbies -- even more fun imagining how those technologies will be incorporated 10 years down the line. 40-50lb peddle kayak? Neato!

If I had the opportunity to demo it, I'd absolutely give it a spin. I just don't know what demographic of kayak anglers they're gunning for with this one. Most entry-level kayakers balk at prices over $2k. With $11k, you could buy multiple Hobies with all the fixins. Are they aiming for the demo who kayak fish with $700 Stella reels? Does that demographic exist?

Either way, it's cool to see new stuff like this. Now someone buy one and bring it to ORC for everyone to demo  .

If I can slap some wheels on it and make it double as a commuter car, I’d be interested. Otherwise I’ll wait 10 years for a used one to show up on Craigs list..

Here I am thinking I'm on the line of 'just buy a boat' owning a Hobie.

That sums it up nicely. I'd go with a comfortably sized aluminum boat and newer outboard for that money before this Hot Wheels looking abomination. I wouldn't trust my life to that kayak in heavy seas either.

I would love to try it if someone entrusted me with their moderately priced car (kayak.)  I agree though, at that price I would just assume buy a boat.

on the other hand, these are on the market and it seems you could apply the same lifting foil technology to a kayak, perhaps with a combination of human propulsion (low speed and getting up on plane) and electric boost (flying over the water), that could be very interesting...

https://us.fliteboard.com/ (these guys is rated to lift a 220# person on a ~70# board)

https://liftfoils.com/efoil/ (these guys will lift 265# person on a 120# board!)

I'm thinking of perhaps a Hobie Outback that rises up out of the water as speed increases,...

Looks like the kayak equivalent of a Bass Boat.

-Mark-