I tried the Avocet on the weekend and loved it. But based on comments
that it's not the best boat for a 255 pound guy so I tried the Skerray,
which is similar, but bigger. And for some reason, while it was nice and
all, it didn't grab me the way the Avocet did.

For one thing, it didn't track straight at all, until I put down the skeg
a tiny bit. (If I put it down all the way I can't turn the thing at all!)
For another thing, the seat wasn't as tight a fit - maybe it was a bit
more comfortable, but I didn't have the same control over the boat.

Actually, I was hoping to find a boat that tracked straight with a skeg
and which I could spin when I raised the skeg, and this seems to fit the
bill pretty well.

So maybe all I need to do is custom fit this one a bit better and I'll
love it.

Still need to try both of them out on the lake in the waves a bit.

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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"You can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP server."