About myself

I've owned this boat for a couple of years now and it is the first boat I have owned. I paddle rivers grade 3+ and occassionally get to play with it.

About the test environment

Dart Loop, Treweryn, Usk, Lune, Crake

Review

This boat is kwerky! It took me a while to re-learn how to roll. This is because this boat has big, square sides. This get caught on all sorts of things if you are not watching and this boat will have you over in a sec. However, if you are watching, you can use those rails to get to all sorts of places you have to work really hard to get to in other boats. Because of the extra bouancy in the back, it tends not to get sucked down or back, but also is nigh on impossible to cartwheel or do any of that playboating stuff in (Although I've met a man who can). It really comes into it's own surfing where those rails mean it can slice and slice and slice. I've not managed to get air in it yet, but that's probably more me than the boat.

Two very negative things however: 1. there are two metal logo plates on the side that peel off slowly when you are not watching. This caused me to slice my thumb open in france and large amounts of blood ensued everywhere. Was a nice clean cut however. My boat consequently does not have logos on the side any more. 2. No handles other than the two kwerky suitcase handles on the side. This means that if you ever want to be rescued, you must first fit your own handles. phew!

Conclusion

I am still undecided. Do I want a river runner or a playboat. This boat is not really either. It runs rivers but gets caught on things beacause of the rails, and it can be cartwheeled in the right hands but it has too much volume really for a playboat. I'm going to move on I think. My Drago Rossi experiment is over.