Valley Pintail Ocean, Great Lakes Kayak - $200 (Columbus)

The Valley Pintail is a British boat in the Greenland style. It has a ton of rocker and low decks, so it just loves HUGE waves and wind. It’s like a duck out there. It can even travel fast in storms while other boats would struggle with some desperation. It makes you grin all over in such water. It rolls like a champ. It makes you want to roll as much as paddle. But in calm water it’s as slow as a tupperware barge. It’s also heavy, with an expedition layup and outfitting making its 17 feet and 22″ of width maybe even heavier than the Log Boat. I once took it on a hard-blowing 3-mile passage and it handled great but sure took awhile to make the crossing.