The last six or so years I've borrowed solo boats instead of paddling my tandem Cruiser solo as I had done for a lot of years. When I was 130 lbs, my unloaded Cruiser was indeed squirrely! It was so squirrely I tried to tip it one hot afternoon with the wind blowing into a sandy beach campsite. It was damn hard to do intentionally!

I borrowed a Prism, a Magic and a Tranquility for I think at least two trips each now. All three are great. I see them each as different tools as I try to allow them do what they are good at. The Prism truly loved being paddled straight into the wind. The Magic with the rounder bottom, truly loved being paddled with the troughs that I would never trust doing with the Prism.

The Tranquility was a happy medium in a way and overall drier w/o the tumblehome. I want my paddle to be vertical, especially if I want to go straight paddling solo. To me, tumblehome just makes it more difficult to load and unload. I have no intention to heal any boat that far. I just don't paddle often enough to get that much of a feel for any boat - err tool.

I probably have over 10 different hammers and just like a hammer, these days a canoe is a tool chosen with a specific purpose in mind.

The seat in the Tranquility was interesting. Not only can you slide it back and forth (and if it were my boat I'd move the whole contraption back as much as possible as I'll kneel if needed) you can adjust the height and/or the front to back tilt which is a really nice option on a rental boat.