Took it out last Saturday minus the seat to check where I wanted to mount the seat. The boat was modeled after a Blackhawk boat I once had that was relatively narrow with low primary stability and really fast. Well, this one is that way too. I started kneeling in it and it started to feel pretty stable after an hour or so. I mounted the seat pretty low (4"-5" drops) and went out Sunday again. After I had a few hours in it, I felt pretty comfortable in it. It tracks really straight. It takes a little lean to convince it to turn reasonably quickly. It isn't meant to be particularly maneuverable, but it is really fast. I also found that it is actually fairly stable when paddled reasonably fast. I've never paddled a boat before that had such a big stability difference between sitting still and moving at speed.
I built this to be a flat water exercise machine and it really couldn't be better for the purpose. Really fast, really fun.
I built this to be a flat water exercise machine and it really couldn't be better for the purpose. Really fast, really fun.
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