Petrel Play by Bold Coast Boats

Our customers have been building and paddling Nick Schade’s Petrel series of sea kayaks designs from our kits for 20 years. Until now, if you wanted one of these thoroughbred kayaks, you had to build it yourself. Now you can save yourself several hundred hours of labor and have Bold Coast Boats build a lightweight and strong composite version for you. Built under the supervision of designer Nick Schade and longtime CLC colleague John Staub, these boats are built to maximize the performance potential of these proven designs. The BCB Petrels are built to be used and abused in ways you might avoid with a wooden kayak you built yourself! Built with all of the intricate attention to detail that Nick and John have acquired from a lifetime of building wooden boats, you will be as proud to own one of these kayaks—and to paddle it—as if you had built it yourself.

The Petrel Play fits in a cross-over space between recreational kayaks and sea kayaks. It is stable and roomy enough for novice paddlers and those who enjoy relaxing paddles in sheltered water. Yet the Petrel Play is responsive and seaworthy enough for rough open water, surfing, or fun in tide races.

A Kayak that Reads Your Mind

The hull of the Petrel Play has a flattened V bottom with a rounded chine forward transitioning to a hard chine aft. This results in very solid stability while allowing easy leaning for carved turns. The Petrel Play is full in the bow with plenty of buoyancy to rise over waves. Thanks to plenty of rocker the Petrel Play is easier to turn when exploring tight spots, but has nice balanced tracking for venturing offshore.

This is an all-around fun kayak to paddle. Beginners and novices will feel comfortable with the stability. It has a genuinely roomy cockpit, but experienced paddlers will find solid surfaces for their knees and thighs to grip while playing out in the rough stuff. The transitioning chine allows a skilled paddler "point-and-shoot" instinctive turning with just a slight lean.

The Petrel Play is for:

Day Trips and Overnight Camping

Paddling in conditions:
Sheltered ponds & harbors
Open water lakes and bays
Rock gardens
Tide races
Surfing

Paddlers 130 lbs to 240 lbs
Shoe sizes under size 12
Inseam length 34” or less

Particulars:

Length: 14 feet
Width: 23 inches
Capacity: 250+ lbs
Boat Weight: 30 to 45 lbs depending on layup
Waterline Length: 13.15 feet
Waterline Width: 22.75 inches
Wetted Surface Area: 18.70 Sq Ft
Total Surface Area: 45 Sq Ft
Total Volume: 11.5 Cu Ft
Prismatic Coefficient: 0.52

Included:

Front Hatch
Day Hatch
Rear Hatch
Custom Bulkhead Location
Standard Deck Lines
Retractable Skeg
Recessed Compass

Recommendations:

Very Good for Beginners
Very Good for Small Paddlers
Very Good for Average Size Paddlers
Good for Large Paddlers
Not Good for Extended Touring
Very Good for Fishing
Very Good for Lakes and Bays
Very Good for Open Water
Not Good for Racing
Very Good for Surfing

Available Layups:

Ultra Performance: Super Lightweight and Strong
Expeditions: Lightweight, and Super Strong
Custom: Built to suit your needs.

Available Options:

Whiskey Hatch
Keel Strip
Rough Water Deck Lines
Custom Graphics
Custom Layup

To learn more about the Composite Petrel Play or to place an order, please visit the Bold Coast Boats website.

To schedule a demo paddle, visit the CLC showroom or email for an appointment.