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Thanks for the offer, David, but I gave up just last week and ordered a Millbrook Rival!

Well, Hook, my Prodigy X is 1'6" longer than your Ocoee. I have one bar at the extreme front end of the factory rack tracks, and one at the extreme rear end of the tracks. They cannot be farther apart. I also have one in between, since I often carry kayaks on shuttle, with yak-stackers on the front ...

Rod:

Thanks, Brendan. I mat try to get up there in August, if I cannot catch up with wildwaterC2 to try his.

Thanks, WildwaterC2; I'll be in touch when I get back into town in 10 days or so.

OK, so I kept working until I was 70, so now that dream is out the window.

It was a good route, though. A good plan. Unfortunately age overtook me.

I am 72 and it is getting too difficult for me to lift my ABS boat onto my Sprinter van, or even to carry it very far up from a take-out, so I am going to have John Kazimierczyk build me a new boat (it helps that I don't do anything above Class III any longer, so there is less chance I would break a...

Back in the early '90s I did that with a Mohawk Whitewater 16 (which any of us today would refer to as a lake boat). I removed all the thwarts (except possibly the little carry-thwarts at the ends - I don't remember about them) and drew a lariat around the absolute middle of the boat. By tightening ...

Thanks, everyone, for the replies. Yeh, I get the "demo, demo, demo" idea, but there are no demo boats available near home, and, away from home, I am reluctant to drag my travelling companions around to wherever there might be an available demo, or give up a weekend of actual boating for a weekend o...

I love my Prodigy Xs, but I'm thinking about getting a plastic creeker, though I'm not attracted to the tiny boats (Taureau, Ion, S. Fly, B'fly). The L'Edge and the Octane1 are about the same weight (61# & 59#, respectively, except I would get the undecked L'Edge which should be lighter than the dec...

Oki- I thought of suggesting the Prodigy X, but knew he'd have to find a used example. Do you think the Wenonah Recon might be similar, that is, fast for a ww boat, moderate rocker, low draft, good handling for its length? Dunno, EZ; I've never paddled one, and I'd never endorse something I've neve...

+1 to what EZ and Walsh said. I'd err on the lightweight / tamer design end of things. I got to try a Bell Flashfire in "black gold" years ago - what a beautiful, pleasant boat (they don't list that model now, though). I could see a Souhegan or AC/DC in my future, too... Scott, Bell is in limbo rig...

Richard, I am planning on attending the first weekend, I'll camp and boat with you. I am going to try an sleep in my truck, the alochol and wifi are not big issues with me. I going to boat. Greybear 'Sbin a while, Kevin! It will be great to see you. Let's go to the Sweetwater KOA the first weekend,...

Geoff don't start gettin all organized, why do you have to have everything planned out. Kick back when you get here it will all become clear. Relax kick back don't get worry about what will happen or what has happened, spend all your attention only on what is happen at the moment. I love ya, Louie,...

[quote="dcoc1"]Does such a boat exist?[quote]

I paddle the Prodigy X, which is longer than you want (12'8", I think), but it is all of that.

The regular Prodigy is probably as stable but slower, though it still might be relatively fast for a 12-footer.

Well just remember that when all the old guys are sittin around the spit and whittle cornor, you never hear one of them say "I wish I had spent more time at the office". Geez, Louie; that's because the ones wishin' thay had spent more time at the office aren't sittin' around spittin' and whittlin'....