Originally Posted by
kiltedcelt
I've seen some photos of what people have done to trailer a full-size kayak or canoe, but in the case of the PakCanoe I'd only be having to trailer the largish luggage-like carrying case for the boat versus a full-on 12-15' boat. Sheesh! I can't imagine having to cycle tour towing a full on kayak or canoe behind my bike!
I've got a Folbot single kayak (Aleut) which isn't all that different from a PakCanoe. I've towed it behind my bike both in its unassembled form (a big 48" x 12" x 14" dufflebag) and assembled (12' long and 30" wide). It's really no harder to tow it when assembled and if I were touring and needed to carry lots of other things then that would probably be the way to go since the other luggage would fit easily inside the boat. OTOH, I sometimes use the local subway system for part of the trip and their rules would prohibit the boat in assembled form.
Either way I use a two-wheel trailer - mine is a utility type with a flat sheet of plywood between the two wheels and I load the boat on top of that. I have not experienced any handling problems and one of the local lakes involves a climb and descent of over 1000' at about a 7% grade so I go over 40 mph on the way down (and very slow on the way up).