OK, there is a regular topic that comes up on RBP: What boat should I buy?

OK, so let's get a thread going on your boats. Copy & paste the following questions into your reply & then fill in the answers. Each and every opinion is going to help to build up a broad reference for new boat buyers. The more replies the better. If we get enough replies I'll make a link on the opening page to this topic.

Put in one reply for each boat you've paddled.

I'm also really interested in hearing from our overseas readers.

What did you buy?

Why did you buy it?

Strengths?

Weaknesses?