[Paddlewise] best place to realistically try boats (N.Am)

I'm wondering if someone could offer a place in the United States or Canada 
where one might be able to try out a boat in more than a duck pond. That 
is, with wind and waves, but nothing too serious.  A symposium would be
ok, too, but again, I don't want to be in a flat lake.  I can't tell a 
darned thing there about whether I will be crying in the wind.

I am interested in narrow, small in cockpit volume boats with relatively
low fordeck, and flat rear decks, designed for small people.

If I could find these boats (and any others you might suggest) it would
be primo (the more in one place the better):
P&H Sirius
Romany 16
Falcon 16
sparrow hawk
slipstream
??

If you know of any used ones ... well, let me know.

Thanks,
 Jennifer
(Austin, TX)

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