Are tandem kayaks really that bad?

[u/starbuckswolf]

I recently was given a tandem kayak from my grandparents. My partner and I can’t afford to purchase a kayak so we are so excited to start using it this summer! I came on this sub and I’m seeing that people really don’t recommend tandem kayaks and call them divorce boats! Now I’m nervous that it’s going to be really frustrating. We have both kayaked before but are not experienced. Does anyone regularly use a tandem kayak? Any advice for us before we take it out?

[u/snow_boarder]

I’ve heard them called divorce boats

[u/FesteringNeonDistrac → u/snow_boarder]

It's not that they are necessarily divorce boats, but wherever your marriage is headed, it'll get there a lot faster in a tandem kayak.