On Friday I went down to French Creek State Park in Elverson, PA to take a Quickstart Your Kayak class. In the process I joined the ACA for 6 months. We pulled out onto Scott's Run Lake. There wasn't anyone else on the water except our little crew. The other two people taking the class had already been on the water before so we got through the entire class early and learned some extra strokes, plus got to paddle more of the lake.
I must say I absolutely HATED the yak that I was in. It was a Perception Prodigy. I'm going to guess it was a 10', maybe a 12' but doubtful. The tracking was horrible. I felt like I was facing a different direction every time I put the paddle in the water. The cockpit was so open it may as well have been a SOT. It is not a boat I'm interested in at all. The deck was non-existant and the sides were high. The thing must have been two feet across. Short arms plus high and wide boat do not mix.
Things went well. The gentleman running the class told me he thinks I have a lot of potential to become a really good kayaker. He suggested I look at plastic Necky kayaks.
I can't wait to go back out again. They still suggest you take the full Intro class. There we'd get the paddle float rescue, etc. The only problem is finding one that's close!
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