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We bought a Blast that was outfitted solo and immediately converted it to a tandem. My solo boat is generally an Ocoee. We are fans of the twisty-turnies and occasionally venture out on some bigger water. As a tandem team we are combined at about 325. As a solo boater I push 200. The Blast does, on ...

As to the screw part of the question I'd steer away from stainless steel. They tend to be too soft, too easily bent, too easily stripped, not have good threads for a good grip in wood, and expensive. Other than that, um, perfect! I've been experimenting with good success so far here: http://www.kreg...

Wussy excuse, and I think it remains a really cool idea, but it was one weekend prior to a big weekend for me, the New River Rendezvous at Labor Day. I just didn't have that much travel energy in me at that time.

OC-2 and C-2 is great. Keep trying.

Ken Dubel

acc wrote:Thanks Ken for your input.

Yer welcome. Send us pics and a story re how it worked out.

Cheers!

I own an old Caper outfitted for OC-2 and have been in a Caption outfitted for OC-2. Both are fine boats. We found the Caption to be more nimble but egads did it ship water amidships while surfing. Both the Caper and Caption I've been involved with are outfitted with the saddles close enough to pret...

I'm not familiar with the Genesis but a quick search says it's thirteen feet long, similar to our Blast. With two saddles you won't have much room left over to work with. As the photo suggests our saddles are as close together as they can be. (And yes, I purchased the rights to the photo but the dis...

I'm about 50% yakker, 50% canoeist. (I paddle the yak when I'm scared.) I dislocated my right shoulder in a yak on July 4, 2000 (not that I'm bitter or anything) at age 40 doing a high brace way out of position while playing in a hole. I took advice, bit the bullet, and completely immobilized my sho...

With a hopefully polite nod to Sara, I too would be interested in buying your Ocoee.

I sent you a message via this board, haven't heard back.

Still for sale?

Ken Dubel

Has it been thought about? Yes, at least by me. I have long thought it would be cool to have a tandem thingamabob where the stern paddler was kneeling (and thus able to see better), while the bow paddler was seated with a twin bladed paddle for added horsepower. One big advantage to this setup over ...

Hi Jim. Ken Dubel here a la Alicia in your boat in the Grand Canyon in 2010. Me too, by the way, as I paddled your boat for a bit. Affectionately known in our circles as an Encore-a-saurus, it has its place. There are a few die-hard fans who would likely buy it from you if you don't like it. I've en...

We paddle a Blast tandem with a combined weight around thirty pounds more than yours. Kind of an oxymoron, I view it as a tandem creekboat. We've paddled tandem Capers, Captions, some sort of Vertige as a demo on the Nanty, a few minutes in an XL13(?), and of course once per year in my trusty old Gr...

I'll be there July 16, 17 anyway as Coastals are having their quarterly meeting then, hence my vote.

Ken Dubel

We're running Goshen Pass tomorrow (actually now it's "today") at noon, Saturday 5/7 at a mild but fun level.

Short notice, sorry, been out of town working.

Give a shout, reach out, happy to accommodate.

Ken

I love our Esquif Blast. A bit of an oxymoron but it's an OC-2 creeker. It's an eddy hopping machine. However, we tip the scales at maybe 335 combined and we are pushing it at that. (Thanks for not stating weights in "stones".) The Blast is a wet ride in general for us and I'm really working hard in...

My current canoes all leak, and not just from the top. Add to that I'm not such a clean boater, like to run the wet lines at times just for the fun of it, and I do some playing. Plus, I carry twin pumps, Atwood 1250's. Suffice to say I ask a lot of my battery. I experimented with a small Werker WKA ...