I'm not looking to take my wife out in unreasonable conditions. She's not a weak paddler, let's be honest - I've only been paddling for one summer, she has been racing war canoes for a few yrs. The real interest is for keeping us together. I'm not sure how a platform between the kayaks would work, it may interfere with paddling.

> You still will not be able to handle rough water conditions, because one
> side of the cat will have a skilled paddler, and the other will not. Not
> to mention the mechanical problems you would have trying to turn the cat
> into the waves with just you on one side.

> You will still have to wait for her. Because if you overpaddle her, you'll
> just turn the cat.

> Overall I like the idea, but not as a cure all for balancing skill. It
> would be stable, and bulky. Which could work out very well, especially if
> you rig up a cloth deck between the spars like a Hobbie.