I've got a 15' Wenonah Angler, a very light royalex canoe. It weighs right around 50 pounds. Try finding a tandem yak that light. Loading, unloading and portaging are a breeze for one person. I haven't met a single person kayak that could be moved by one person without dragging it. Most weigh pretty close to double what my canoe wieghs. It has run many fishy stretches of the Potomac.
No keel, but if you know how to paddle it tracks fine on flat water. Beamy. Perfect moving water fishing boat. Runs class III like a champ. Also try that in a fishing kayak.
If you know what you are doing with a paddle, turn the boat around and sit in the front seat facing "backwards" and it single hands just fine. If you don't know what you are doing with a paddle, do the same thing but use a kayak paddle (but get a slightly longer one)
IMHO the only use for a sit on top kayak is the ocean. Don't own one but use one to fish out of for about a week a year in Mexico. Yes my legs go to sleep after about 2 hours. Yes your ass stays wet. No you can't bring that 18 pack of Tecate. And I won't even bother with a fly rod. You sit at least a foot higher in a canoe.
YMMV
Brad
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