The extreme Rainbow kayak made for WW 4-6.
Perfect for steep creeking and big volume water. Its large storage space, in spite of its small size, makes it ideal for longer expeditions as well.
• Sedile “Ergonomic” regolabile / Ergonomic and adjustable seat
• Puntapiedi “Ergosafe” / “Ergosafe” foot braces
• Premicoscia imbottiti / Padded thigh hooks
• Maniglie WW / WW grab loops
• Longherone anteriore / Frontside frame
• Longherone posteriore / Backside frame
• Anello di sicurezza / Safety ring
• Tappo di svuotamento / Drain plug
• Poggiaschiena imbottito / Padded backband
• Puntale / Bowcap
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Short Facts
Brand
Rainbow
Model Year
Usage
Intended Paddling Environment
Type
Available Colors
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Stats (Metric)
Length
240 cms / 7'10.5"
Width
63.5 cms / 25"
Weight
17 kg / 37 lbs
Volume
235 ltr / 62.1 gal
Cockpit Length
86 cms / 33.9"
Cockpit Width
48 cms / 18.9"
Minimum Paddler Weight
48 kg / 106 lbs
Maximum Paddler Weight
98 kg / 216 lbs
User reviews
1 review
Overall rating
4.0
Design
4.0(1)
Perfomance
4.0(1)
Quality
4.0(1)
Value / Money
4.0(1)
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Stable and easy, but not a hole-puncher
(Updated: January 31, 2006)
Overall rating
4.0
Design
4.0
Perfomance
4.0
Quality
4.0
Value / Money
4.0
About myself
I'm a good class IV paddler. I usually paddle in north west Italian rivers (mostly in the Piemonte region). I'm a member of Canoa Club Milano.
I learned paddling playing kanupolo.
About the test environment
Zulu is a quite common school boat in Italy and sometimes I had occasion to try it in our school rivers, like Ticino or Sesia, but during a day in october 2004 I had the occasion to test it on a real technical river.
Some friends invited me to run on Enna river, it is a quite unknown small river (IV+ WW) in the mountains close to Bergamo, in North/NE Italy.
The river was cold, narrow and with lot of tight turns.
Here is a picture by Marcello Parmigiani (Kayak Team Turbigo)
Although the Zulu is almost hidden, you should have a good impression about the test environment.
Review
Zulu behaved quite well, its shape is very similar to wavesport Y, it has a flat hull that gives you lot of stability, but it is a little bit smaller, and this should make it more agile.
About boat behaviour in water, I felt very well, i just found it a little bit hard to roll during eskimos, this is mainly due to its squared shape.
Unfortunately I had lot of problems with outfitting, during the descent, bakcrest got unscrewed, that is really bad for a creekboat, but it must be said that it was a club boat with poor manutention.
Volume is correctly balanced, after several jumps I emerged in the correct position.
Unfortunately it is not a fast boat, many owners complain about lack of "hole-punching" capability.
As I said it is a quite common boat in Italian kayak schools, but some expert Italian kayakers use it as a creeker, the most famous is Francesco Balducci, but it has been used also by Francesco Salvato.
Now it is no more trendy, but sometimes I have the impression that the reason is more because its great popularity beetween beginners instead of its performances.
Conclusion
PROS
• Stability
• Easy to control
• Volume distribution
• Cheaper
CONS
• Some choices in material could be better, in particular polyethilene looks to be too thin
• Slow
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About Me
Location: Torino - Italy
Age: 35
Weight: 80 kgs
Age: 35
Weight: 80 kgs
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