I'm going to side with Steve. I love my Millennium and found it a stable, fast boat. I find it will carve an edged turn, but still tracks well. With the (very well designed) skeg down, it tracks like it is on rails. I have surfed only up to 4 footers with it. I found using edging control or stern rudder was good, but I tended to overcorrect if I edged and used a stern rudder. The hatch system is very good and I understand they don't have the deterioration problem the VCP hatches on my Pintail have. The large foot pegs are quite comfortable and the boat is set up to easily add a rudder (mounting hole, cable runs and moveable footpegs are stock). The only reason I could see for adding one would be sailing since the skeg is quite efficient. One down side, I can't lay back all the way (head on back deck) in the Millennium like I can in the Pintail and that has stopped me from doing a hand roll in it (so far). I think the Kajak-Sport line is somewhat weight dependent. I didn't like the way the 16' boat handled at my 189 pounds, but did like this 18' 6" boat. Someone lighter may have more trouble with the Millennium than the smaller boat. Brian Blankinship *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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