Sent you a PM as I may be in the market for two or 3 depending on the deal...

I manage a software development group at Tandberg Television (part of Ericsson now) and I'm on LinkedIn.

We make head-end equipment that Comcast, Dish Network AT&T and others would buy to encode and massage video to the user.

Mostly watch movies all day 

-David

Went on the slough again on Sunday. There were 7 of us.

Either somebody was doing some illegal fishing or it just drifted in, but I found a 4" floater that when I went to get it out of the water to dispose of it properly had a fish hooked in. It had a weight at the end of a 3ft leader with about 6 hooks, just drifting around...

Released the fish (6-7 in) and disposed of the setup.

Other then that we had a blast. Practiced lots of self rescue. One of my brothers that had come a long had to be rescued by MBK as he couldn't make it under the bridge anymore (currents were too strong) and ended up walking while the employee towed his yak. Although the current was very strong my brother is huge (6,3 @ 340#) so not in great shape. Still, he liked it so much, he wants to do it again  this time maybe only one way and get the shuttle back from Kirby park.

I've been telling people at work about it and I have 3-4 of them that want to do it as well. So we'll probably go back there in a couple of weeks after which I'll be taking lessons.

All,

I have been looking at buying kayaks and I have to ask: I want to go fishing with my 13 yr old son. Although he is only 13 he is very tall and well built (not fat) for his age (probably 5'7" tall). Matter of fact he's the tallest kid in school. On top of that he seems to be pretty adept at paddling. Paddled the whole Elkhorn Slough last Sunday without a problem. And the current was crazy, could barely keep up.

As far as I can see, I have two options: 1) two single kayaks (Tridents, Prowlers...) or a double (Zest).

If something goes wrong... which is safer, two singles or a double?

Thanks,
-David

I'm looking into some sea kayaking instructions for my son and I and was hoping to get feedback on the schools that I've come up with:

# Eskape Sea Kayaking (Santa Cruz)
# MBK (Monterey)

Although there are quite a few choices out there, I've narrowed it down to the above unless somebody has better recomendations...