Hi Ben,
Tearing my bloody hair out. I want a relatively fast plastic for messing round the rocks & snags but I also want a very sea capable and fast - effecient fibreglass job for off shore.
I am looking at something like a Cobra expedition or maybe a swing for the plastic and am waiting on my hybrid Mermaid SOT for offshore. The Mermaid should arrive shortly after Christmas.
My problem is that the places I fish at the moment are a minimum of 4 miles each way from the launch sites with very strong tides at times.
I know that I can catch fish closer to the launch sites but the paddle itself is a major part of my enjoyment of fishing. I get very frustrated in a slow, inefficient boat.