Ocean Kayak Scupper - 14 ft sit-on-top. Slower than a barge, but really stable even in larger waves.  Great for kayak fishing.  With the thigh straps it even made a fair surf kayak (at least by the standards of those early days).  Even after getting my next two kayaks I kept it for taking out new paddlers.  I never worried about newbies capsizing it because of the stability and the ease of getting back in if they did. Finally sold it when I could not justify storing 3 kayaks in my parents garage.

Wenonah Sea Otter - A 16' 4" Lee Moyer (Pacific Water Sports) design.  At 25.5" wide it was more of a Cadillac than a Camaro.  Had room for all your gear including the kitchen sink.  It was really too big for me to be able to learn and use any technical skills like edging or rolling, but with its rudder and its stability I never really needed those skills in the protected waters I paddled. It was really comfortable and had easy acess to most gear without even getting out of the kayak.  I even had a sailing rig installed although I never got comfortable using it.  I do not think it is produced anymore.  Sold it when I gave up on my plans for various 10-14 day camping trips.

Wilderness Systems Arctic Hawk - A 18 ft  22 in wide Mark Rodgers (Superior Kayaks) design duplicating a traditional west Greenland  skin-on-frame kayak in fiberglass.  A very fast kayak, but I lacked the strength to really push it to its limits except in short sprints.  Almost no initial stability, but rock solid on edge.  The rougher the water got the more you could appreciate the kayak.  It too was a little too big for me (the smaller Sparrow Hawk would have been a better fit).  In winds greater than 20 mph I had trouble controlling it.  Since it had no rudder nor skeg I quickly learned the importance of edging and more technical paddle strokes.   Not too good for surfing.  Sold it after buying the Elan since it did not make a good kayak for taking out new paddlers and Elan carried about the same amount of camping gear.

Mariner Kayaks Elan - A 16 ft Broze Brothers design. At 21.5 in wide and with an extreme Swede form design most people say it looks as much like a sports car as a kayak.  It is especially designed for smaller paddlers and its lower deck height fits my current Greenland paddling style perfectly.  Since it has neither rudder nor skeg, direction control requires some edging and stroke technique.  Although it is not an "on-rails" tracking kayak,  its amazing responsiveness to edging makes it very easy to keep on course and enables it to make course adjustments  (especially turning upwind) that would be difficult in stronger tracking kayaks. Its maneuverability plus a unique combination of soft chined bow and hard chined stern give it outstanding surfing performance for a 16 ft sea-kayak.  It is really fun in the surf and does a lot more than just side-surf.  The one small drawback is its sensitivity to changes in weight distribution when lightly loaded.  Since moving as little as a quart of water from the rear deck to the front can produce slight weathercocking in what had been a neutral kayak you need to give a little thought to how you place gear that you may not normally carry.  Currently the Elan is my only kayak and is used for day trips, short camping trips, and kayak surfing.