Which SOT comes closest

Advice
#1

I’m looking for a plastic SOT which is


  1. fun and easy to handle when playing in the southern calif. surf


  2. can still function as a sea kayak and is halfway decent for ocean touring


  3. is fairly short (around 12-13’) but narrow (25" or less)



    I know such a thing doesn’t exist, but what sot’s would come closest to being an all-round good choice that would satisfy the above?
#2

If You’re Willing To Pay
a higher premium for higher quality composite:



http://www.huntjohnsendesigns.com/index.htm#wavewitch



What you want, except in composite. (Cobra used to make it in plastic, though I have yet to see one in the used market).



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#3

Cobra Re-Vision?
http://www.cobrakayaks.com/kayaks/cobracat4.html

#4

too bad – it looks like it might really
the bill, except it’s a bit out of my price range unfortunately.

#5

The Disco
http://www.rtmkayaks.com/products/sit-on-tops/disco.html



Folks over at topkayaker.net seem to think highly of this boat, it’s very well priced as well!

#6

Thanks. Took a look at the website
Seems like it might be a reasonable alternative (but I can’t find a dealer in SoCal) so I might not be able to try it out.

#7

Cobra Revision, Necky Spike
They are wider than 24", but for most SOTs you need to be a bit wider to have sufficient stability.



How much touring are you going to do? A few miles up to 10 miles these boats would be fine. If you are talking about real touring then you should be thinking a bout a longer boat like a tarpon, I have a seadart 14’ which is pretty good for what you are talking about but not something you are going to play in the surf in.

#8

I would say 10 miles touring would
be the top I would expect to do. Mostly just going along the SoCal coastline, playing a little in the surf, going around on bays for a few hours at a time.

#9

I use my Cobra Strike for similar trips.
Works fine, but I’m paddling with myself or other rockhopper boats.

Not a fast paddler but good enough for exploring the coastline and rockgardens, caves, and excellent surfer.



Here’s a revision on craigslist but the guy wants to trade (he’s dreaming).



http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/bik/755475415.html



A new revision is almost as much as a Hunt Johnson wave witch. I would definitely go for the wave witch, Hunt lives in Encintas and I believe you could come down and try one out.

#10

Not Plastic
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/spo/761884457.html But could do the trick