WTG and congratulations.

Family - Fish - Raptor. Not sure how it could get any better.

Sorry, Porky. Anyone got ideas about how to help our brother Porky and family? I'm not good at organizing, but I can help as asked or suggested.

I have them. PM sent to Bchen.

   What's the hurry ?   

Hope I don't appear to be argumentative here, but I was thinking something similar. How essential is speed in a SOT rigged for fishing? I would think ease of paddling and glide would be important and tracking, but to what degree is speed in some measure, like what 3 mph Vs 3.1 mph? or some other factor a primary issue, as it seems to be here?

I have an Eddyline Caribbean 12, and I think it is fast enough, but is it any faster than the OK T13 I used to have? I can't tell. Both are a pleasure to paddle. For that matter, I paddled a Raptor for about 45 mins once and found that to be a pleasure to paddle as well, I assume the Raptor is slower, but I didn't calculate the speed difference, and I doubt that relative speed differences would affect how many fish I catch.

My main issue is to enjoy my day paddling and hopefully catch some fish and not struggle paddling back to the launch site. Speed? I would get a sea touring SIK and just haul ass for the sheer pleasure of it.

Just MHO, hope I don't offend.

Got it home, Tote. Looking forward to trimming off the back plate and building a new cradle for my yak. Enjoyed our meeting. Cheers.

I miss that feature on my 12. Used it often on my OK 13. Don't see how it could be retrofitted on a 12, but I wish it could. Still though, love my Caribbean.

WTG. Good vid, also.