Kayaking

[tulip]

I'm not surprised that the Tsunami is too big for you at 5'3". It's wide and it's deep. I have paddled in a Wilderness Tsunami 140 alot, and it's just to big for me. In fact, when I try to roll, I simply fall out. It's too wide and I can't brace my thighs adequately to do the hip flick thing to roll. I can do it other boats, though. I'm 5'6", but only 125 lbs, so I'm narrow. The Tempest is much more to my liking.

Another thing about the Tsunami that I didn't like is that the seatback gets in the way of re-entries. I found myself having to do some rather unladylike maneuvers to get back in the cockpit (more unladylike than usual, that is).

But thanks for the suggestion. The Tsunami is a great boat for alot of people, just too big for me.