[Paddlewise] Tandem

The snow is finally melted up here at the great lakes (I'm in a Cleveland
suburb) and it's time to get the boats out for some great adventures.  Issue
facing us now is that our 7 year old daughter no longer fits in the hatch of
my boat, and we're tired of renting open cockpit boats to give her space.

 

So I'm looking for suggestions.  I really don't like paddling the open
cockpit barges like the Wilderness Systems Pamlico (though I LOVE Wilderness
Systems boats - my wife and I paddle WS boats).  So I've assumed we'd go the
route of a tandem kayak like the WS Northstar.

 

I have two questions for the community here:  In your experience, is a
tandem the way to go with a child not ready to paddle on her own?  Do you
have tandem recommendations?  Boats I've seen recently include:  Wilderness
Systems Northstar, Perception Carolina II, Necky Manitou, etc.  Thoughts?

 

Thanks for the community, stories, and good info in PaddleWise.

 

 

--Jeff P-D

 

Jeff Peterson-Davis  |  jeff_at_peterson-davis.net

Life is a gift to be received with gratitude and a task to be pursued with
courage.

-- Confession of 1967, Presbyterian Church (USA)
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