A boat?

I try to post more often than I have been, but not a lot is happening while we sit here in Florida.  Don't get me wrong, we are really enjoying ourselves and the weather.  My mom took another big turn for the worse, so for 2 1/2 days we were by her bedside.  Mom's good friend Carole helped so very much!  Somehow the "energizer bunny" is back up and around again, so we've been able to get back to the motorhome and our routine.

The weather has been glorious, a bit cool, 70's in the day and cools off to lower 50's at night, fantastic!  As you know we have two kayaks, and I must admit Jan enjoys them more than I do, and we both have been talking about having a larger boat of some kind to explore the larger lakes, and to be able to fish out of without rolling over into the water.  Probably just my problem:-)  When we went to Alaska, we took a 16' plastic canoe, a Mad River Adventure 16 with built-in seats and it worked very well with one exception, it was really heavy, and seemed to get heavier each time we took it off the roof of the Jeep and especially when we put it back on.  We sold the canoe after we got back because we didn't want to deal with the weight of it any longer.  The kayaks have been pretty good, except for the logistics of loading and unloading them on the Jeep.  And on our new Jeep, they changed the way they constructed both the hatch and the rear window so we can't use either one when the kayaks are on the roof, a real bummer! We have been going round and round to try to figure out what to do.  We met one of our neighbors, Mark and Sue, who have inflatable kayaks made by the Saturn company.  They are very pleased with them and use them a lot.  Well, in our discussions Mark mentioned that he also has a boat that he left at home called a Kaboat, kind of a cross between a boat and a kayak.

Pretty cool, huh?

  They can be rowed or paddled, or you can use a motor as they have a rigid transom.  We have been doing a lot of research on these boats and are almost ready to make the move for a 14' or 15' Kaboat and a small outboard motor.  You can see them on this website, Saturn Boats  We think this would probably solve our dilemma.  The boat folds down into a manageable package, and a small outboard will lay down and be light enough to deal with.  I will sell my kayak, but Jan wants to hold onto hers.  Still haven't quite made up our minds but we're getting closer, what do you think?