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 *************************************************************************** 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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