So lack of wind has once again left me scrambling for other ways to get a salt fix. Apologies for the whingey tone of this post!

I find my current kayak too big and heavy to load and launch by myself, so am keen to get something smaller and lighter. With work, I find it really hard to find the time to telephone shops for advice during business hours. I've emailed a number of shops over the last few months seeking advice on a new kayak. I reckon I've had about a 10% reply rate. I do the same with windsurfing shops and find the reply rate is slightly better at around 50%. PLEASE - if you don't want to provide customer service by email, DON'T HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS

With not much luck from paddling shops, thought I would check out sea kayak forums for advice. I think I've seen Laurie say before that there is no Paddling Forum on SB because there's already plenty elsewhere. Bit of googling and I came up with http://www.seakayakforum.com. Seems to be some good posts on there. Tried to register. Form reports errors telling me two fields are incomplete when they are definitely not incomplete. Cannot for the life of me see what I am doing wrong. Try to contact the site for help. Cannot find anywhere on the site that allows me to make contact with anyone including admin until I am registered. ARGH!!!!

I'm not sure if there are any paddlers on SB anymore, but can anyone pretty please recommend a good sea kayak forum for advice?? Or any other good sources of advice for sea kayaking?

My teeny exposure to another forum was a big reminder of just how awesome and user-friendly SB is. Thank you!!