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I've had Seawings with a stinger for a long time as well as J racks and Hullivators. From my experience they are the rack that's easiest to load solo if you're not very big/strong. The benefit is you only have to lift one end of your boat at a time. Even with Hullivators you still have to curl your boat into position (If you're strong enough they are awesome). When my daughter built a lightweight boat she still struggled to load it herself onto a J rack on her Focus Wagon. I bought her a seawing/stinger combo and it's no issue now. Wheel kayak to car, set a piece of carpet behind the car, set kayak on an angle with tail on the carpet, dress straps in seawing, deploy stinger, unstrap kayak from dolly, lift front of boat into stinger, walk hands down boat (pressing down) so it doesn't skid away, lift stern of kayak off carpet and shoot it up onto the Seawings, throw straps over top of kayak and strap it down, tie off excess strap, push stinger in and tighten, bow and stern lines and you're done. We used to use a pair of Seawings with only one stinger. Once it's up it was easy to transfer the boat over. Do buy yourself some decent straps with rubber covered buckles so you can throw them over the kayak without fear of chipping any paint. The straps ours came with weren't great.

Giving this boat 5 stars because it was a niche item. We had two in the house, fit well from 50lbs up to 100lbs with 115-120 riding a bit too low IMO. Very stable, stiff tracking hull. Excellent full perimeter deck lines, 2 bulkheads, real hatches. Stable enough my petite wife and kids could paddle them standing up like paddle boards. The thigh braces get a 1 star, didn't fit anyone properly. At 95lbs my wife commented that it was a wet ride due to its lack of length and rocker. On bigger waves on the river she would punch waves I would lift over in a longer higher volume boat. For kids a easy releasing skirt like the Seals Sneak worked well in 1.4 for us. Compared to bargain store kids floaty type kayaks this feels amazing on the towline. I often had two kids clipped on taking my kids and their friends. My son paddled one of these at 12 years old from Whitehorse to Dawson City with one of the Onno kids paddles. It makes a huge difference having gear that fits the paddler properly. Anyway if you've got little kids start watching for one of these to pop up used. A similar more expensive kids boat is a CD Raven in fibreglass. For petite ladies looking her for an inexpensive higher volume/length plastic boat also watch for a Dagger Alchemy S or SKUK Romany Sportive. Of course neither of those are nearly as small as the SP.

You never know what you've got until it's gone. It's a shame that this one got discontinued. I sold mine to a friend who is 6'5 and 275, not a of of options out there for the really big guys. The best part about this boat is the carrying capacity. Not only are the hatch openings water tight, they are huge. Bring that extra wide Therma rest base camp model, it'll fit. Wedging stuff into tiny day hatches and forcing sticky dry bags under a low deck aren't a problem here. The extra foot room at the front and the way the hull steps up at the back provide ample room for the tent and the lawn chair. If you're not super tall there's room in front of your feet for the water cube. The rudder is a great design, nice and stiff. If you hit anything it just kicks up. Also the thermoformed hull can really take a beating. Surprising light for it's size. Sharp rocks will gouge it but round ones just bounce. I tested that plenty river camping. The seat is also very good in this boat. I had many long days in it and found it very comfortable. Another nice feature of this model is that it fits a wide range of paddlers. Even though it's designed to be the ultimate camping boat I had a lot of beginners in it day paddling down to 150lbs and they did fine with the rudder. No it's not a good boat for a small person but it works well as beginner loaner to take people out if if your day boat isn't as stable as this one. Hopefully Delta considers an update or custom orders for it. As much as I love my Scorpio HV for day paddling and overnighters I miss the load carrying speed of the Delta 18.5 on the longer trips. So if you're 6'6 and 350lbs looking for a day boat or 200lbs looking for a camping boat and don't want to skimp on the gear put this on your short list of boats to try.