Hi all,
I've been bumming boats off people for way too long, and it's time to buy my own - I now need some advice as to what to buy.
These are my specs
1. I live in Australia
2. 5 ft 1 (2, if I stand on my toes), <55kgs, female
3. paddle solid grade 3, and non scary grade 4s
4. suck seriously at playboating, but suspect that I'm yet to hop in a boat that's small enough for me
5. mainly a creeker/river runner
6. want a flat hull (I think that's what it's called) - nothing with a rounded bottom (eg a micro 230)
I was thinking about a phat, mac (if I can afford 1), method air, or maybe a java (but I've heard some bad stuff about that one). Trying boats isn't really an option as there aren't really many boats around for about 500ks, and no water within a 500k radius either at the moment, so I'll be buying on specs and piccies, so any ideas or suggestions would be gratefully received.

steff

the best thing to do is go to youre nerest kayak shop and demo them or read the revews on kayak manufacturures websites or this one