I liked the old 8.5' Q lite and 9.5' lite series 1725 Dry weight.
The old brochure says 610 lite series 1050 lbs dry.
https://northern-lite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2009-Northern-Lite-Brochure.pdf
Regarding the headroom to get frisky, just pop open the emergency hatch and go giraffe style.