Jonah's Revenge

I finally decided on a name for the kayak:

"Jonah's Revenge"

Jonah's Revenge takes its name from the nature of the boat and the water on which it will be used. It will be used for fishing while navigating some tempestuous waters on longer trips. In my case, I'll be fishing between whitewater stretches on the New River in West Virginia.

Kinda like maybe what Jonah was doing while trying to avoid his mission from God.


For those not in the know, Jonah was a prophet in the Bible that was sent to give a message from God to an enemy city. He decided to bail on his mission from God - no, not like the Blues Brothers.



Jonah had a bit of an anger management problem, akin to the angry whitewater of the New River. Jonah stormed onto a ship to return home, but God sent a huge storm, and the guys on the boat ended up throwing him overboard to save themselves. A big fish then swallowed up him up and vomited him onto land.

Jonah got the point and returned to deliver God's message to the city. If the city didn't change in 40 days, God would destroy it. He then went outside the city to await its final destruction.

To Jonah's somewhat dismay, the city repented and God spared it from destruction. We don't know much of what happened with Jonah after that. Perhaps he lived happily ever after.

Or, perhaps, given his angry disposition, he returned to sea to exact vengeance on fish while navigating tempestuous waters.

Thus, the nature of the kayak.