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I've owned a CD Solara 120 for 6 years, but want to sell it & buy a Pungo 125. CD has designed a GREAT kayak, Roto moulded hull which is very strong & repairable. However mine does NOT track straight ever! The hull is round & smooth, with no water-chine contours, like the Pungo's hull. It is built VERY well, but as stable as a log, being round hulled. The design drawing indicates a flatter oval-but not quite! THE Pungo's hull cross section contour is more boat hull-chine shaped, giving much more stability & straight tracking when gliding. MY hull IMMEDIATELY turns starboard even when downwind, when gliding, requiring 3-4 strokes to return to course. VERY annoying! I love this boat, & its built how I would build it if I could. It has the dual bulkheads & hatches, which DO NOT leak!! The dual storage/FLOTATION compartments provide SAFETY in a middle-lake rollover, (cold water & kids in mind) It will not sink! I've even built a stern mounted, fixed rudder-skeg which would solve the tracking issue, But I shy from drilling holes the for mounting. I WISH the Pungo had DUAL foam bulkheads & the additional flotation that would provide. A MINIMAL expense!! IF I buy one, I'll fit a bulkhead into it, but a 2nd hatch would be difficult to fit & seal. I'm 65, & have spent MANY hours in canoes & a little less in kayaks, but fighting the incessant departure from course when out for a evening paddle/glide or when fishing, is SO blasted annoying, that I will give her up & find a Pungo. Not built as well, & they have quality control issues as reviews have stated, & using a less durable material, stability, handling, & safety, are everything. With respect to BOTH boat-makers!!

Happy Paddling to all !