I understand where you're at. It's a little like saying, " I need a car to
drive to work, any ideas?." A used whitesell comes to mind. It just over 14
" long, maybe 5 inches of rocker, and enough volumn to handle class 4 with
camping gear. Dagger stopped making canoes but there are a number of older
"encores" , "prophets" and "capers" out there on the used market. they are
slightly small versions of the whitesell.

Mohawk in Florida still makes several models for a reasonable price. Check
them out before you but an Expensive used boat.