: Not sure about your experience, but what looks to be a pretty fast
: S&G would be the CLC Pax 18. I have never used or seen one
: though. Unless you have some paddling experience that would be a
: pretty tippy boat to get started on though. Also it is not
: really a boat I would choose to use on open water unless the
: weather was good and the water was flat.

: I have a Waters Dancing Solace 17EX and it is a pretty fast general
: purpose kayak- not too many kayaks are as fast as it. It looks
: like the Pygmy Murrelet boats have a similar water profile to
: that so they are likely pretty quick also. You might also look
: at the options from One Ocean Kayaks' Cirrus S&G kayaks.

Pax 18's fast if you are light weight, otherwise the Pax 20 will be needed. Many races have length limits too on the boats used.

Bill H.