Great site and community. Having read a fair few posts thought that this might be of interest to sea going folk on here -

http://www.canoekayak.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp?cate=8&topic=24&item=638

cool some good reading for tonight! Thanks. Some other good links there to it seems!

I read this article a while back. It's pretty well done.

How they failed to include the Avocet RM is, well, puzzling.

Hate to say it but it may be the lack of ad revenue.

Valley holds its own in ad placement w. P&H in Great Britain and the U.S. They both dwarf NDK (aka Nigel Dennis Seakayaks)in ad placement.

Anyways, the article includes a very favorable review of the North Shore Atlantic RM( rotomould) North Shore was and is a small kayak company that's been in business since 1982, founded by Mike Nelson, and in the last several years was bought out by Valley. Mike works for Valley now.

Valley offers the full North Shore lineup (composite and roto) in England and the roto lineup in the U.S.