During the greenland style rolling clinics (27-28 jan 07) organised by the NKB and zeekayak.nl we got asked a couple of times if a skin on frame kayak is durable and sturdy enough for paddling at sea,

And what coincidence it is: today a link was posted on the Qajaq USA forum with a video on durablity testing of a SOF. In this article you can find this video. Convince yourself and have a look.