Scupper Cart

This one even has a kickstand - ~$60 Amazon

This is a scupper cart. It is a set of wheels that fits in the scupper holes of the kayak and lets one person wheel it around like a wagon. The big advantage of this sort of cart is that when you get to the water, you can pull it out, flip it over, and stick it in the top of the kayak. Then off you go - no need to double back to put the cart away. Also, you'll have it if you get somewhere that you might want to portage.

The cart pictured above is pretty enormous. I shortened the uprights by about two inches to reduce the lift-over, and took about 7 inches off the axle to make it fit inside the outline of the boat. The foam on the uprights also had to come off, and I added a light cam-buckle strap to secure it.

wheels stashed away behind the seat

If you have a 'sit-inside' kayak, then you'll need to drill a set of holes in the bottom of the boat to use one of these carts. You might want to look for something else.


Orbweavers

Orchard Orbweaver

If you are trying to escape the sun in the shade of overhanging tree branches, you are inevitably going to get spiders in the boat. These are almost entirely harmless orbweavers - they are not aggressive and don't bite, and are not poisonous to humans, at least no more poisonous than a honey bee. That said, our brains are programmed at the most basic level to fear spiders, and I don't like them any more than anyone else. Just calmly knock it out of the boat.

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