I haven't paddled it, but I kinow many people who have, and they were very positive. Edges on the hull are 4 concave. They also get destroyed in one day, so it seems that the possitive effects are lost on the boats first trip out. I'm not sure how they will handle that. Seat and thigh brace suck.
Plastic is great.
We tried to fix the problems above. The point of a super short play-boat is for anybody with average skills to do what they couldn't do before. So very short is key with a 'play specific' boat. That is why I like the Stubby. All right reserved.