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i have a set of Beluga air bag covers that have mesh pockets with a zipper i can keep things in. I keep the drink and throw bag in the front and a few things in the rear one. I still have a small dry bag with snacks and a first aid kit,hat and misc clipped on top of the rear bag. I'm not sure if the...

Use a bread knife and rasp in the knee hooks. Be careful about taking too much off the backrest. It’s easier but will move your balance point to stern heavy. Work it little by little. Smooth the foam with fine sandpaper

To the untrained eye, it looks a bit shorter with more rocker than a Covert 9.3 it could be narrower at the gunnels too

One important point is the stern paddler cannot always hear what the bow paddler says leaving the stern paddler to guess/ interpret what's coming from the bow. A good team will know what the other partner wants/ expects out of a given manouver and can correct for it. Practice practice practice

One day is not long enough for many responses.

I have not paddled any of them much but know people who have. The Encore would be dryer than a Caper. A caption should be similar in dryness but faster than either of the others. A Caption will also make a good tandem and the others not so much

Btw if you want to try any of them out we could meet up later this spring

For ALF get a cheap used plastic boat and save your new Shacho for reliably deeper rivers near home. Just my $.02

I just strap it to my saddle. A small notch in the saddle keeps it from slipping. Or you can use contact adhesive to make a small corral gluing in mini cell so you can strap pump and or battery to the mini cell

Don't forget the Covert by Silverbirch. Quick,nimble, dry. Not cheap but worth it. If you're on budget a used option or octane85 or l'edge come around periodically

Thinking of diminishing the OC crew in Mass eh?

9"is as low as I can go just to be tolerable

The boat with the biggest strongest paddlers in it

Still available. I have reconditioned the hull where the vinyl was getting thin

Newer photos available if you pm me with email