"Smed" wrote in message
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i think we are now steering toward the Mad River Explorer 16... better
seats, longer, wider, (a little heavier, but a fair trade off)

It's really pretty hard to go wrong with that choice. Solo, tandem,
three-up, light, heavy, flat water, whitewater, poling, ...

If it feels too heavy, you're not paddling enough.

Fred Klingener