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PEople who know stuff about kayaks canoes ect.
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im about 6 foot 240 lbs and i want to get eaither a canoes, kayak, or sit on top kayak i will be on the river maybe, deffinitally creeks and i want to be able to take it through some class 2's maybe 3's nothing more if anyone has any sugestions it would be much appreciated i also want to have some room to carry some stuff with me thanks
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get a play boat if you only plan on doing rivers, whitewater parks, anything up to class IV pretty much. If you get into creek boating get a creek boat.
Duckies (inflatable kayaks) are more user friendly and allow you to carry more gear (for extended trips if you dont have a raft to carry all the gear.
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oh you're 6'4'' so a play boat might be a little cramped.
generally creeks have more than class II and III, at least where im from, plus II and III class rapids are pretty easy.
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just get an all river type boat...like river play...but not as small as a stricly hole/wave boat...i know riot makes some... u might squeeze into a turbo 52...dagger makes too i think...like a mamba 8.5 will fit you nice...umm liquidlogic like a remix 79....wavesport makes an EZG 60 that u might have a lot of fun with on class II or III rapids...
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i know dagger is a good company they make such good playboats
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if your just looking for something to mess around in, at low cost, get something like a old town otter. its nice and roomy, but its short enough to get into some class 2&3's, but still can be paddled a good distance on flat water. the only disadvantage to a boat like this would be decreased performance, and a less durable, thinner bottom, but i guess it really depends on how much you want to spend, and what you plan to be doing.
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