Actually have
two sets of duplicates in my quiver of boats 
A pair of scupper-ProTW’s and a pair of NDK Explorers. (there are five others, including a recently built SOF ) Am I a kayak slut or what? 
dos pungos por favor
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We have his and hers pungo 140's.
Hers is slate blue to match her eyes and mine is sand to match my abrasive demeanor.
Adios
Same here two Pungo 140s
I made the mistake of letting my wife try mine out… tried talking her into getting a different boat (so I could use it) but she wouldn’t hear of it. Her boat is red, mine is blue.
2 necky Elaho’s
One for me, and one for my like-sized daughter. No point in not buying her same quality equipment if I want her to like what she is doing, and keep up with me. Also, I want her to be safe, I buy her ALL of the same gear, and safety equipment that I have. She doesn’t paddle as often as I do, but when we go on longer trips, she carries as much as the rest of the party, I’m quite proud of her, and she is proud of herself. Paddling together is one of the best things we have done together, it has been a real boost for her self-esteeem, and helping her to feel self-sufficient. She loves to kayak, and I do not regret on dollar I have spent on her. All I ask is that she CARE for her equipment as if she bought it herself.
Two yellow Old Town Castines.
My wife says they’re cute and that she would would be willing to try one to paddle solo for her first time. She liked it and now we rarely paddle tandem. She probably never would have tried solo paddling if the boats weren’t cute and a matched pair.
don’t do it.
Please do…
And let us know which color is faster… 
yep
I have tow QCC 700s one withskeg one with rudder.
two Old Town Adventure 16s
Bought one for myself. Liked it Wife tried it. Liked it and took it on me. Had to get another one for myself, this one without a rudder.
No, but…
the loon is very similar to the pamlico.
I found that out at a demo
Two Perception Sundance 12s
I have two. I bought a second one last year so my neighbor kid could go out with me. We fish out of them.
Buying something similar, but different really wasn’t an option. I was really satisfied with my Sundance. Why mess with success?
My next yak won’t be a fishing yak, it will be a day tourer. I will of course keep the two Sundances for fishing.
I did it with a car once
We liked a particular car at one time, so I bought one just like it for my wife. Same year, similar mileage. Worked out ok until they started showing their age. Then when something went on one of them, I knew that within a couple of weeks I’d be repairing the other one for the same problem. Happened w/o fail.
With a boat you probably won’t experience the same problems or expense though.
Have several sets of boats. Basically
for already mentioned reasons.
First twins were so other paddler could keep up as boat was fast and very sea worthy. I did not feel right leaving others behind and did not like slowing down or waiting.
Another set is because I like them so much and hard to find quickly. Actually have three of these.
I also loan my boats out a lot. One is on it’s second long trip of the summer. If I do not have duplicates of favorites I likely will not have one to paddle when I want it. Busy family year has kept me from much paddle time. My boats have tripped far more than I have this year! Darn!!!
… etc …
:^)
Mick
Different boats
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If you need a "buddy" boat rarely, I'd suggest getting a different style boat.
To illustrate, you might like a short boat for day trips (eg, a Romany). If you also do multiday trips, you might concider getting a longer boat (eg, Explorer) that would be fine as a day boat but would be a better multiday boat.
You might even use the longer boat for trips that "push miles".
It really does not make much sense to have two of the same boats.
Note that, if you can get the second boat cheap, then having a second of the same boat might make sense. If you are just looking for a buddy boat that is used rarely, then buy something cheap.
I'd argue that "Different outfitting" means that the two are effectively different.
Different
I got my wife a (potentially) faster Montauk so that I would be less likely to keep running away from her in my Diamante/Susquehanna.
As it turns out, neither one of us is fast enough to run away from a group of 8 year olds in plastic play boats, so it really didn’t matter!
Bob
One boat w/ skeg AND no tool…
removeable rudder. Did make up a H.D. layup 19 for some river races up north but sold it.
Heavier boat felt alot different on the ocean.
Matched pairs
of SOT’s and Sea kayaks:
Was T140s and now it’s t160s in the SOTs for our fishing kayaks, although I have rigged mine the way I like it and her’s to her specs. They are the same color, BRIGHT Orange so the jetski’s and bass boats will have a hard time saying they didn’t see us.
Our Sea Kayaks are P&H Quests, mine is Gold over white and hers is White over White, but basically the same boat. Different trim, but same cruising speed and basic gear.
Easier for me to work on the boats, pack them, and I know where everything goes. We have similar tastes and needs, and like going and doing the same things… it was kismet that we would agree on boats.
Also makes loading and the like easier.
Jim
If out of production
Kinda like a true Saab afficianato having parts cars I guess. I don’t see this as so needed with sea kayaks because the boats tend to move rather slowly in changes. So it isn’t so much of a reach to find a boat that might be similar in its handling etc to one you really loved. (Tho’ if I found out that NDK was going to go out of business tomorrow I’d be hunting for a second Explorer LV the same afternoon.)
That said, WW boats move very fast and particular models go out of production within a three year span. So the river runners that we just purchased to get ourselves experience in frothy stuff are both older models, used boats, and at a couple of hundred for each I can easily see grabbing another if we found that these really do it for us. (Dagger Piedra and Animus - boats that should be kind to 50 plus yr old long-boaters wanting to get used to handling boats in more soup.)
Many interesting perspectives.
I did, a few days ago, buy a second “copy” of a favorite boat, based on my hope that it will not go out of production as the current model fits me well, paddles fast, and for that I am pleased. I may rudder the second boat, but don’t know yet. I may shine it up and put it on display in my living room for a few years and use it when the original gets scratched.
Thanks.
I thought you were selling the 2nd Cuda?
Is it outfitted exactly the same as the first or does it have different foot pegs?