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by Deadwood
Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:02 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Ocoee & Nat. weekend of 7/14
Replies: 0
Views: 1896

Ocoee & Nat. weekend of 7/14

Me and a small crew are making a trip out there. (5-6 of us.) They all kayak and have no interest in oc. Two are solid paddlers, they've ran it a couple dozen times. One has done a lot of paddling in the flooded creeks around home. One is an absolute virgin...and then there's me...who has been down ...
by Deadwood
Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:04 pm
Forum: Just Starting out? Check here!
Topic: Start with canoe or convert Lg. playboat
Replies: 3
Views: 10532

Start with canoe or convert Lg. playboat

Pretty straight forward: want to get into an oc-1. Experience level is a just about zero. Been down the ocoee a couple times. Find a used canoe or convert a friends playboat thats too big for him into an oc-1? I'm 6'2"@240# but in pretty good shape...people assume I played college ball, which i find...
by Deadwood
Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:15 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Taping paddle shaft - you, too?
Replies: 22
Views: 8062

The plastidip that you actually "DIP" things into and the stuff in the spray can are two different things in my opinion. Only tried it on a metal surface...but it came right off. In fact, i was able to peel it off in basically one big piece. Even if you prepped the shaft with sandpaper and cleaned i...
by Deadwood
Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:55 am
Forum: Just Starting out? Check here!
Topic: XL newbie boat?
Replies: 5
Views: 5895

Smurfwarrior,
Be honest; nothing made you happier than seeing Danny's L'Edge recommendation did it?

The L'Edge has made it on the list.
by Deadwood
Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:03 pm
Forum: Just Starting out? Check here!
Topic: XL newbie boat?
Replies: 5
Views: 5895

XL newbie boat?

Hello all, I've been down the Ocoee a couple times in a ducky (duckie?) and I'm hooked. The guys I run with are all kayakers but I'm pretty dead-set on going OC. I grew up paddling flatwater and rowed stroke seat (Pair) on our University Men's Crew...but WW is a different world. Read up a ton of inf...