I know beggars can't be choosers, but ideally I'd want something that's a sinkable cruiser (or a cruisable sinker--not a destination boat) that I could mess around with in flatwater too. Not married to surf/spin performance since I can use my plastic spudboat for that. From a little research, it seems like ideal boats would be something like a Soft Ninja, a Sneaker, an Angst, maybe a Bigfoot or a Wisper.
Any other boats I should be thinking about? Any leads on where I might be able to find anything that could suit?
I suspect that, depending on the chop, I might be able to get into the next inseam size down in the Snyder boats that have companions (Soft Kor, Asylum, Whirld, etc.), but I'm nervous about comfort. I know "if it don't hurt, it don't squirt," but I'd still rather not get into a boat that's too small at the outset (I'm not trying to ruin my ability to run the next day). Around 2000, I tried to get into an Asylum (or maybe it was a Fish, but I think it was an Asylum--it's been 15 years), and sometime around 2004 I hopped into a Shred for a little lake time. Both boats were cut/outfitted for folks several inches shorter and 10+ lbs lighter than me, so on hurt-to-squirt spectrum, the hurt was intolerably high and I never really got to feel the squirt.
I've tried to follow watch for/follow up on possible leads here and on Boatertalk for a little while, but so far I haven't managed to connect with anything suitable.
Thanks for any help, hints, or leads!Statistics: Posted by hunter.c.b — Tue Aug 04, 2015 12:07 am
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