re: Kayak buying tips...

Right after my wife and I got married, I annoyed her for months to get a couple kayaks for us to cruise around in. Due to my past of buying sort of expensive items and losing interest, she said we could get some cheap beginner ones to see if we liked it. It was an 8' sit on top from academy. I upgraded a year later to another from academy, a 10 Pelican pursuit sit in, this past year I went with the Ascend FS12t. After getting used to the 12', my wife wanted to try it so I got in her 8'. It was absolutely worlds apart. We were in Lake P and I felt like a dang bobber bouncing up and down. The thing practically wants to turn when you turn your head. I looked over at her and she was pretty rock solid in the 12'. The 10' isn't bad, but I don't think I'll ever go shorter than 12.