BELL NORTHSTAR-4 a tandem-10/14 day trips no problem. Paddled.SR17, MNII, Seliga-another good boat if ya need a barge in kevlar. Understand the weight thing/momentum paddled an old chestnut in my Menogyn days and it is super nice to have the mass, and one grows into the mass in time on the trails-the old barge weighed only 20 pounds less than me when wet and one ups and downs were comfortably possible.....lightness does not equate to speed, quietness, or durablity.....all boats are a compromise.