Yes, it was VERY hard to leave there. Fortunatly the wifey scoped out the weather forcast the evening before we were to depart and saw heavy rain moving in overnight. We were able to pack up chairs, mat, grill etc and store them in the TV so it wasnt all soaked when leaving (nothing worse than packing up in the rain).
3B- Its a Ascend D10 sit-in recreational that I added some stuff to make it more of fishing yak (flush holders, trolley line, addl bungees, crate etc). Going to sell it more than likely and go with a SOT type to handle waves better out in the ocean or even a touring yak. I havent really decided yet but its a hefty 55-60lbs.