May 13, 2015
May 7, 2015
Thanks – to those who helped us in the beginning
Thank You, Chris Cubeta, for taking the idea from Doug's head and putting into 3D CAD. Thank You, Al Guk, for machining our first clamps. Thank You, Des McEttrick, for helping with all things marketing including research, marketing plan, pricing plan, business plan and sell sheets. Thank You, Phil Miller, for spending two days in our basement with stir sticks…
April 29, 2015
Pitching the Pakayak concept
In the background, while all the home-based prototyping was being done, we were thinking about how to bring the product to life. We knew we had a good idea that would be challenging to bring to market so we reached out to find an existing kayak manufacturer to partner with. With immeasurable help from our friend, Des McEttrick, a product development and…
March 11, 2015
Planes, trains and automobiles – Yup, it’ll fit there
March 6, 2015
Frankenstein
Using my old whitewater kayak, aptly named "Frankenstein", as a prototype, all we needed was HDPE (plastic) to create our mate surfaces from. That would seem to be an easy task, right? Just go to the local store, grab some HDPE and head home to make a boat, piece of cake. Right. After much research, I found a source on the…
March 4, 2015
Got a small car? It’ll fit in there
March 3, 2015
Live in an apartment? It’ll fit in there
February 13, 2015
Thanks – the first of many
We have so many people to thank for helping us get to where we are today. The first THANKS goes out to our friends Day Moore and James Fairweather. They are the unfortunate ones, mentioned in the previous post, who had their home-made wooden kayak torn in half. More to come...
January 8, 2015
How it began
20 years ago, Doug Mackro had the idea to create a kayak that would come apart, nest to luggage size and go back together to paddle anywhere you could carry it. He didn't do anything with the idea for 16 years until he discussed it with his new wife, Zinelle. She urged him to follow through and create it! So…