Norm, We have a 9 ft. inflatable we have towed behind our M-15. I really like to have a good rowing inflatable on trips. The inflatable weighs 45 lbs. Your Kayak would probably tow better than our inflatable. I think the Kayak would sit more on top of the water than the inflatable. Anyways.... in calm conditions the inflatable tows well. If there is ANY chop at all, the drag placed on the 15 by the inflatable is too much! The 15 slows by 1 knot or more. In conditions like this we deflate and stow it. Randy Graves M-15 # 407 ________________________________ From: montgomery_boats-bounces+randyg=cite.nic.edu@mailman.xmission.com on behalf of Norm Bundek Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 7:30 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Pulling a large kayak with an M15 I'm wondering how much the sailing characteristics of an M15 would be degraded by pulling a 12' 6" kayak. I have a Hobie Outback which is just 2' 6" shorter than the Monty. Has anyone experienced pulling anything this large? The Outback weighs 64 lbs. The good part about this kayak is that with it's Mirage drive system (peddle power) it can tow the Monty. I was going to sell it for something smaller but thought I would get some opinions on it first. This is what the kayak looks like: http://www.yourcommunityweb.com/kayak.htm . Norm M15 #172 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats