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Hi,
I'm 64 years old, and started a serious (i.e. lifetime, however much that will be :-) fitness program two months ago. I am riding my bike 6 days a week, walking as much as I can, and have started using light weights to get some upper body strength. I thought about joining a fitness center, but I hate gyms, always have. I am lucky enough to live in a community that has a number of interconnected salt-water sloughs (or lagoons), and our garage is only about 150 yards from one of them. Calm water, but deep enough for the 14-16 foot centerboard sailboats that you occasionally see out there. I'd like to get a paddle boat that I can store in the garage, and portage out to the lagoon. Problem is, I'm still rather overweight, and much too ample around the midsection, so I doubt I'd fit in a standard sea kayak (something I would like to work up towards). Anyone have any suggestions about a boat light enough to carry the 150 yards, but ample and stable enough for someone like me? I live in Northern California, in the Bay Area. Any good shops in this area (there are several listed on google and in the local YP, but I need one that isn't dedicated to the true kayak people)? California Canoe and Kayak over in Oakland looks promising, and I am thinking of going over there next week, but I'd like to get whatever advice I can here first, so I know what questions to ask. Thanks a lot! |
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