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Aqualyte® began as the brain-child of Byron Baker-Brown, who recognised that polyethylene sit-on-top kayaks were very often too heavy for many people to handle, a factor that ultimately alienated customers and that plastic kayaks had extremely poor green credentials, especially when imported.
Lightweight, organic and recycled
world’s first organic kayak
Since 2014 Byron and his world-class team of advanced composite researchers and engineers have worked to produce a brand-new combination of materials that not only matched but surpassed the durability of polyethylene. With a target weight-saving of at least 50% over existing rotomoulded kayaks, the brief was to provide supreme quality and class-leading performance using recycled and recyclable materials wherever possible.
On February 13th 2019 the unique Aqualyte® Pioneer was first presented to the world. It is made from a combination of recyclable ORGANIC material along with RECYCLED P.E.T closed cell foam, all of which can be recycled at end of use. We have taken steps to replace as many plastic components such as handles, with hemp rope and wooden toggles made from off-cuts of hardwood destined to be thrown away.
Remarkably the Aqualyte® Pioneer weighs in at a staggeringly low 9kg, which represents an approximate weight saving of 60%.
This amazing material has surpassed Byron’s initial stringent requirements. Crucially, it is manufactured here in the UK with each kayak being unique and hand-made to order. There is approximately 2m2 of recycled P.E.T plastic inside every Aqualyte® Pioneer, which represents approximately 250 ½ litre bottles that are now not destined to pollute our oceans.
Obviously, the technology is top secret – we make no apology for this! Aqualyte® is unique to us and is a registered trade mark and kayaks made from Aqualyte® will be crafted and shipped directly to the consumer. This route to market ensures that you the customer get all the benefits by cutting out any ‘middle man’ profits and help to reduce road mileage and the use of fossil fuels.
Aqualyte® are proud to bring you an aspirational British material and product that is destined to become a world leader.
The Aqualyte® Pioneer will be available to order from 1st March 2019 on www.aqualyte.co.uk
