I tried the Champlain briefly, empty. It seemed to be a flat bottomed boat. The boat slid around when I ruddered it hard in the stern instead of craving a turn. Lots of initial stability, that's not what I really like. I find that's a fault in rough water. The Wenonah catalog does a nice job of explaining how different stability designs (initial/final) roll in waves.

Tripped in an older Minn II for a week. Found it shipped water at the bowman's hip very easy. Otherwise a very nice handling boat. Duh? Jensen design, feels like what I'm familiar with. Talking to Wenonah they say the center free board was raised some years ago. So it's probably a drier ride now.