: Is the design hopeless as a general purpose
: This is a surf boat. It isnt going to paddle backward with a darn
: and isnt recoverable on the water even with split float bags
: forward and astern bag aft. I would get a good creek boat if you
: want to bang around. Be sure to do your homework. Some of the
: older used boats had a problem with the plastic splitting. The
: newest designs are awesome. Have fun with it all.

Oh, wow. I hadn't thought about getting back into the thing, paddling backward, etc. I can see it won't work at all. Thanks for the heads up!