About the reviewer

I am relatively new to paddling having been into it some years ago and then mostly sailed so am just back to kayaking - this is my first boat in some time and my first sit-on

Test environment

in land waterways - sydney harbor, Myal Lakes, Nepean George

Review

I have found this boat to be easy to paddle and relatively fast. I have a friend with a Prowler 13 and find the performance of both boats to be very similar - the Prowler could be very slightly faster, but it would be only a minimal difference.

The seat is relatively comfortable however could do with more padding for the bum - the back of the seat is excellent - I really like the support and solid seat back gives and much prefer this seat to the material ones in the Ocean Kayaks and others .

Storage is really great.

I am a heavier person and the kayak remains dry around the legs in normal use - it takes a little water over the bow when larger power boat waves come along - I have not had it out at sea so can not comment on how it deals with larger swell.

My boat has been leaking a bit - a couple of liters of water over maybe 5 hrs - Feel Free have acknowledged this is not right and I just dropped the boat back fro them to fix. I did however fill the hull with water to see if I could see the leak and the hull itself is water tight, so that is excellent - no leaks at all - so it must be the deck fittings - hope this will be fixed and then it will be dry.

ps. (21/11/08) It turns out the seat studs where not sealing properly and as such were sucking water in every time I paddled - they replaced the studs that hold the seat in and she has been dry as a bone ever since. Cheers, Garth

Conclusion

All in all I am happy with the boat and find it easy to paddle for 20+ kilometers in a few hours.