[Craig T]

Any serious Kayakers?

For open ocean paddle workouts, what is better a sit-on-top, or closed type? What is a good length kayak for endurance paddling? What handles wind waves better? It's more for a open ocean workout than sightseeing or fishing.

I'm 15 minutes from a launch-able beach, and 20 from a marina. It needs to go on top of the Cayenne, so can't be too heavy I guess. We plan to escape Kalifornia to Bluffton SC in three years, so there it will be used in the tidal rivers and ICW...If there's a good choice for both environments?

I went down and rented one in Ventura Harbor, but it was obviously the beginner tourist type sit-on-top. I liked it enough to know I want to start doing it more seriously.

Any advice from experienced paddlers would be appreciated.