I Have a Outcast pac 1200, two man boat has casting platform and leaning bar out front. It has amazed me time amd time again in white water. It has been down the Upper Sol Duc many times. I only use the anchor to keep the boat from floating away when I get out to fish. If you are rowing the boat you arnt fishing. I wouldnt stand up in the oarsmans seat on a bet. When your anchored up, I find If you center your weight and dont move the boat tracks straight, shift yout weight and boat tracks back and forth.
I love the outcast for what it is, sporty, good low water boat that you can carry around anything you dont want to go through.
One other downfall id the anchor system, having to turn around 180 degrees to pick up anchor had racked my back and left me at the chriopractor Insted of on the river.