I was about to thank another for their private thoughts tonight but I expect I can do it well enough here and the thought occurred to me that private AND public exchanges deserve the same respect so - thanks all. I do appreciate all the different perspectives offered.

At this point I'm thinking that my tandem boat and I have built a relationship of trust over the years. Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of switching boats for shorter trips or testing and I find myself wishing I could just shrink the devil I know proportionately over the next few years....

I really liked the Prism in some respects but now that my shoulder seems happy again ... I really expected the difference between a true solo and a tandem being as instantly obvious as the aluminum to glass transition most of us have made. Perhaps experience is underrated. I get what people are saying and they all make sense but nothing has totally clicked home in my brain so far.

~Goldilocks  :o