The Newest Member of the Pygmy Family

We are excited to offer our first recreational kayak design, the Pinguino Sport.  The Pinguino Sport is a great choice for paddlers who want the quickness, lightweight, and joy of paddling a Pygmy, but would prefer a roomier cockpit, and high initial stability. It’s larger cockpit and greater stability make it a perfect choice for fishing, photography, bird watching, or a relaxing day on the water. Pinguino is Spanish for Penguin, like the penguin, the Pinguino's short and broad appearance belies its grace quickness, and agility on the water.

Design Features The Pinguino Sport offers our multi-chine hull design, to maximize efficiency and stability, with a raked stern and swede form shape, it is a unique design in the Pygmy line up.  At 13' and 36lbs cartopping and carrying to the water is a cinch.  The Pinguino Sport accelerates quickly, and is nearly effortless to hold at cruising speeds.  It tracks solidly, but thanks to its shorter length is quick to turn.  The Pygmy four panel deck design, with recess rear cockpit, brings the sheer of the boat down and in, so even with a 25.5" beam, the Pinguino Sport  is still comfortable to paddle, even for those with a steeper paddle stroke.  The standard cockpit opening for the Pinguino is 19"x36", and for those wanting to outfit the boat for more extreme paddling, hip pads and key hole knee braces are available.  It can also be ordered with a 17"x33" cockpit opening for smaller paddlers.

A fun design for all levels of paddler The Pinguino Sport  took its maiden voyage at the 2008 West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium, where paddlers of all skill levels were able to give it a try.  Feedback was excited and positive, it was obvious from the smiles that the Pinguino Sport was loved by everyone who paddled her.

Choosing a Pinguino Sport The Pinguino Sport's cockpit will fit a wide range of Adult size paddlers.  Paddlers hoping to find a bit more space in the cockpit, compared to an average touring kayak, will be pleased. Paddlers with long legs and larger shoe sizes will be especially appreciative of the 13.25" deck height. Use her on open saltwater coastlines, bays, lakes, and meandering rivers. An excellent choice for fishing and photography.  Though the Pinguino Sport is a recreational kayak at heart, she has the soul of a sea kayak, so don't be afraid to take her out in the surf.  The Pinguino Sport's size makes her an excellent choice for stowing on the deck of a larger boat, for day paddling from a "mothership". 

We usually ship "Medium" hardener with our kits.  You may order "Slow" (for hot climates) or "Fast" (for cold climates) upon request.  Read the System Three Epoxy Book to help select a hardener. If you would like a copy of the Epoxy Book click here to download. We also stock Silver Tip epoxy.  SilverTip Laminating Resin is a medium-low viscosity epoxy system that has been optimized for coating and reinforcing fabric saturation in wood-composite boatbuilding.  It has superior wet-out characteristics with little tendency to foam or trap air.  Both the resin and hardener are nearly colorless and are used in an easy 2:1 ratio.  The working time is longer than most boat building epoxies without sacrificing cure time.  We offer this an an option in our boat kits. Note: this item can only ship via Ground Service and is not eligible  for shipments to Alaska