martins wrote:

Hi Brian
you forgot about the seat thing. After the sales talk ends, the final
purchase many times is determined (for the first time buyer) by the way the
seat fits. I see tons of boats bought and sold , not so much by the way they
handle, as by the way the seat fits. Seems like only a small amount of
people will plunk down their money, take the boat home, rip out an
uncomfortable seat and replace it with something that works for them (then
drill a hole for the bilge water exit fitting/ mount a foot pump or a C50 or
an electric of some sort such as a waterbuster)

best wishes
Roy

Sad but true. Even sadder is the fact that many people buy boats based
on the PERCEPTION of comfort of the seat. The more it looks and feels
like an easy chair, the better they like it, not knowing that it's going
to be uncomfortable when paddling.