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hazardharry wrote:its march and -7 degrees around here. . .:

Go west, young man. Go west!

(Great video, as usual, MM! Love to see tandem boats!)

Rick

I would think it matters less in a longer boat. . . . Been there. Done that. Nearly perfect pencil. . . Great shot, dafriend! Must be something contagious, this leaning back stuff. Here are three doofuses who have been working on the same technique, all looking like pencils. (Including a couple of ...

You can buy a brand new one from NOC for $ 1400..... None of my business, but. . . His asking price is probably in CAD, not in USD like NOC charges. Factor in the exchange rate -- the loonie's currently sitting at around $.91 compared to the greenback. Of course the ticket price is lower in the Sta...

Sir Adam wrote:For glass, how about a Magnet;) . . .

. . . not a River Elf XL Storm Chaser?

. . . So far I've thought about . . . an ez/big ez, or . . . FWIW, since you asked, (and I'm no expert), the EZ series seems to make good C-1s. They are a shade wider than many similar hulls, and it's noticeable in the stability. For your weight, the Big EZ is prob'ly a good fit. A little short for...

I think the Clipper Merganser is much better Tandem than a Tandem Whitesell. Well, yes. No argument from me. (Beware -- thread hijackers at work here! But I'll play!) I paddled a Merganser for years (did you count mine, Einar?) It needed a lotta work, so I just sold it a few weeks ago, in a quiver-...

Hey, does anyone here know if there is such a thing as a kevlar piranha solo canoe made by clipper? Saw an add, but no photo, and I've never heard of one before, nor can I find it anywhere on Clipper's site. Yes! (As per my previous comment -- second in this thread.) Clipper made a composite Piranh...

And then there was the time I roared into the parking lot at Brentwood Mall. The lot with the low-slung gateway to keep out big trucks. . . My first canoe -- hand-built, and hand finished. . .

Pride goeth before a fall!


Rick

pblanc wrote:[. . . Do you have any pictures of how you set up your boat?

Pix are easy. PM on the way.

How is the Piranha's "wetness" Rick? . . . Ah, yes -- a little damp in big wave trains. Depth amidships seems adequate, but the ends aren't deep enough. Strangely enough, on a Cow Canyon run, we ran Last Drop (about 6' vertical), and came up pretty dry. We were both in the 165# range. I think that ...

. . . I was wondering whether it would make a good parent-child tandem . . . Not to hijack the thread (much), but I've been having a lot of fun lately with a recently-converted-to-tandem Whitesell Piranha (made by Clipper). Stable, but lively. I think it would make a great parent/kid tandem. Yours ...

It's somewhat "old school" . . . Yes, but we're talking vintage '80s here. A buddy had both an XL-12 and an XL-13, and I got to try both. The 13 was a fine boat -- solid, stable, and dependable for its time. It became his go-to boat for many years. The 12 was a spawn of the devil -- absolutely no s...

Couple of Viper 12s f/s here in BC. Both are composite -- solid hulls, but the outfitting will need some TLC.

Might be willing to go for a drive, and meet you part way.

PM me if you're interested.

Rick

airplane buckles rock. I'd buy two. . . Yep -- one for each leg! :wink: I've tried 2" plastic ('Fastex') cam buckles and 2" webbing. Eventually, the plastic pins which are the 'hinge' would break at a critical time. SS aircraft buckles, on the other hand, last forever, and seatbelt webbing is unive...

Interesting notion. However, with the shins flat to the hull, the effect of the shim is to raise the butt -- which underscores the need of a slightly higher seat anyway, methinks. . .

Rick