Comments on: The Kokopelli Platte-Plus

By: Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 02:36:34 +0000

Thanks Dylan. We’ve got plans to review more of these “portable” boats, when we can. I’m pretty hooked on the concept.

And the check part was a bit of literary license. It sounds so much better then “we took out the plastic.”

By: Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 02:31:16 +0000

In reply to David Peebles. No storage in the side tubes on this model but it's big enough to store a fair amount of gear inside and also lash some stuff on the fore and aft decks. We've only paddled in a gentle breeze so far, maybe 10 knots, and it tracked nicely without the forward skeg in that kind of wind. The challenge with the forward skeg is that it brings the draft to 8" at each end of the boat and you can't pull the bow up on shore. It works fine but you do need to wade into a foot of water to get into the boat. You make a good point though and I'll be sure to carry the forward skeg on trips in case it pipes up and the skeg is needed.

By: Dylan Pohl

Dylan Pohl — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:48:11 +0000

Nice to see a review of an inflatable, it being after all a small boat. I was most surprised by ‘writing a check’. Did the reseller look at it in confusion?

By: David Peebles

David Peebles — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 07:32:09 +0000

Have you used the boat yet when it’s windy? That’s when that forward skeg might prove its worth. I see that Kokopelli also use the inflated side tubes themselves for cargo storage. Do you have that feature, and have you tried it?