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Do you still have these boats??
I am in Mckinleyville CA and very interested in them.
-Rob

Impossible to answer without knowing how far the back of your saddle is from your butt. I'd worry more about where the boat trims. I tested one at one point, and seem to recall it handled the best when paddled with weight placed in the precise center. If you're going to frequently carry gear in fron...

Fun video link! This is a group of Scouts in CA that I help out on their annual whitewater trip. They make the video for themselves, so the actual whitewater footage mostly starts around 3:30 or so in, but its a fun video that showcases how you can still run class II-III water in really old-school d...

Very cool to see some of Frankie's designs back in production!!
Spanish Fly is too small for me,
but if you start making Vipers I'll buy a 12.

Is it the older Dimension?

Pics on the Dimension?

Thank you all for the recommendations. Its been a great help!

Seems like almost every spring I'm on here looking for another boat. It may be time to admit I have a problem. In this case though, I'm actually looking for a friend. He's looking for his first OC-1, he's been paddling my old boat for years but its really on its last legs...uh...fins, flippers...wha...

Thanks for the advice!
I don't like spending extra money, but I always will for quality. It's why there's now a Clipper-built Viper 12 in my garage. That will narrow my search quite a bit.
Any specific brands that stand out though?

So, for reasons unknown, I've always just toughed it out with wetsuits/polypro/and generally been cold while paddling in spring/fall. I've decided I've done that for long enough, and I'm going to go with a drysuit, especially since I now live on the ocean and I've been doing some surfing in my canoe...

Assuming it is an original Outrage, 60" bags will fill it fairly thoroughly. 72" is probably overkill...but you will want 72's if its an Outrage X.

Viper 12.
Clipper will still build you one.
There isn’t a hotter boat for 220 plus.

You might check out the Kokatat Maximus, or Maximus Prime. I got one, its very comfortable, lots of float, I really like it for river trips. Its a little bulky in the chest, so I'll be using my old vest for racing as the Maximus rubs on my shaft arm when I go for an extreme cross-bow stroke (which y...

Funny, I'm in Humboldt County these days, not terribly far from Eugene, and I'd been trying to find someone to take my old Dagger Cascade off my hands for years...with no success..I finally gave it to a young guy I trained to paddle OC-1...you know, just in case he wanted it...and mostly to get it o...

My apologies!

I didn't log into cboats even one time in the last couple weeks, so I didn't see your message. Are you still in the area?