My wife and I are in our mid- 70s and are very experienced in kayaking both at sea and river white water at Grade 3 and a bit more! We hired the PATHFINDER double kayak near to Juneau for a sea trip down the coast of Alaska in the Chatham Straits to Prince of Wales Island. The weather was B/C 3-4. and the fish were running right along side us and the whales were feeding and moving about 50 yards away although they seemed much nearer in reality because they are so huge. The PATHFINDER did not annoy them and it was very stable in the current taking us down through the Strait . We had a lot of gear with us in water tight containers, food and water ,a SatNav and a coast guard transceiver like a brick which beeped every 45mins for talk back report. we were taking the wind starboard stern quarter and we kept the PATHFINDER steady on the course in the 5 knot current .. The journey was 20 English statute miles we set off at 0900hrs and arrived at the Prince of Wales Island around 1400hrs . The kayak is very stable and in the light seas and going with the current and winds of 3 to 4 it was fine but would need a light skirt around the crew and stuck to the sides to keep out the sea , we did have to bale as the waves slapped the stern starboard quarter which one would expect , two scupe bailers should be provided which are tied inside the kayak. We found it well up to the job and we did not have to assemble or desemble it.