After a week of feeling like a kid on Christmas Eve, my new (to me) Dagger Nomad has arrived.

Got the air bags in, swimtail knotted, name scribbled inside and the obligatory stickers on the back deck; good to go!

Well, almost. A bit of outffiting and footplate/thigh brace customisation required first.

Good page on Nomad outfitting here: http://www.teamdagger.com/profiles/blogs/outfitting-your-dagger-kayak

And here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4C2GUaFYOI

Well, after humming and hawing for a while, I’ve finally decided to add a Dagger Nomad to my fleet…should be arriving next week…can’t wait!

I paddled a Dagger CFS for a wee while and loved it. Then I moved onto a Wavesport Diesel 75, and whilst that’s a great boat, I nonetheless felt I really needed a bigger volume creeker for winter paddling, so I’ve gone back to the Dagger family and joined the Nomad posse!

Watch this space to see it in action…