I will try to post something vagely photographic soon. The atlantikayak is indestructable,self bailing and easy to put on the car roof. You are right about the hiking here.Think horses too.

thanks mate - did you try your atlantikayak in sea conditons? Is it tracking well?
Had a look at their website - looks interesting but unfortunately no english version.

No sea trials yet, I am still assesing the performance envelope. The lakes can be hairy, so caution at the moment. The thing goes straight on its own, swings paralel to the swell in wind, and seems to go over waves not through them. I intend to test the max limits with a flexifoil kite in wind which will be interesting. The bottom is like a cross of a kayak front end and a windsurf tail end, drawing about 6 inches of water so in theroy this could really shift. I hope to stay on the thing long enough to report a success, maybe if I cant catch a fish I could run one over.keep the faith .