I had a 12' Klamath and found it to be to small to bring another person on it in the South Sound unless it was flat calm. I then bought a 14' Sea Laker which is just a lot more boat. The Klamath did not have a flat sole, but it was aluminum and therfore it was light. The Sea Laker does have a flat sole but it is fiberglass and with it's built in floatation it is heavier than most alluminum boats. I have towed the Sea Laker across the Strait of Juan de Fuca in a typical hot sunny afternoon Westerly with the wind and seas that come with it. It jumped about abit but it stayed right side up, I doubt that the Klamath could have done so.

Boats are like everything, a compromise, to get something you must give something up.