Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak recommendations sought

I own a Nigel Foster Legend from Seaward which you list below, and I 
would not call it a "stable" boat. It is narrow and fast, but I think 
it is tippy and difficult to keep upright unless you are a fairly 
skilled paddler. I am an intermediate paddler, so expert paddlers may 
have a different view. However, it is very easy to roll if you want to 
learn to roll in the future.

Mike Kory

-----Original Message-----
From: Darryl Johnson <Darryl_Johnson_at_rogers.com>
To: "PaddleWise" <""PaddleWise""_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Sat, Apr 2, 2011 2:19 pm
Subject: [Paddlewise] Kayak recommendations sought

After a number of years putting up with my kayak which is too small to
store all my gear on long and/or cold-weather trips, I have started
looking at new kayaks.

I have a second issue with my current boat: I love playing in decent
waves, but I'll have a "whoopsie!" moment and then I'll tense up and
everything just goes downhill from there. So I'm looking for more
stability in a boat.

At my age, it's doubtful that my skill level is going to increase to
any extent, so please don't suggest I learn a new skill to make me
feel better, and that isn't going to solve the storage issue in any 
case.

I have read a number of glowing reviews of the Valley Aquanaut and
plan to drive to the nearest dealer (a day's drive away) later in the
spring when he gets his full complement of boats in.

He has suggested a few other boats I might want to try:
	Current Designs Infinity
	Delta 17 Skeg
	Boreal Baffin
	Boreal Ellesmere
	Impex Force 4
	Seaward Quantum
	Nigel Foster Legend
	P & H Capella 173

The Impex Force 4, as I recall is a fast, narrow boat more suited to
day trips and speed demons (which I am not), so I probably won't test 
it.

But I am interested in comments about the Aquanaut, vis-a-vis its
overall stability, or any of the other boats listed.

I am just under 6' (and shrinking with age), about 185 pounds. I
consider myself a decent intermediate paddler. I do not roll. (Or
rather, I do not roll back up.)

Things seem rather slow on the list these days, so perhaps it wouldn't
be too much of an imposition to throw myself on the mercy of other
paddlers who may know these boats better than I.

Thanks in advance,
--
   Darryl
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