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... a OC-1 I have made open canoes out of Max II and Stealth hulls I have always thought the ME had C-2 roots. I had a built-up open boat made from a Hartung C-2 mold, and it looked a lot like an ME. And, some Hubbard boats seemed to have Max C-1 cross-sections. I have never heard of a Cascade OC1. ...

... boats need to be sold for 25 bucks to someone who wants to make a planter out of it (Yes, I know that for a FACT). I moved from a OC1 built from a Hartung C2 hull mold to one built from a Max II hull mold. The Max II was like an ice cube on a hot griddle for the first week. Roy

... still is the only way to preserve old designs no longer made or to modify an old design without sacrificing a rare original. For example the old Hartung from which the first close-cockpit C2 was made is quite rare today and many of these boats still being used are copies made long after the production ...

... 1978 on the Yough, where I beat Kent Ford III. I have always been proud of that race. I worked with Barb McKee to create an OC-2 from the Hartung hull by much the same method. We used it to win the 1978 OC Nationals and for several years thereafter. Now, as to a truly revolutionary design, ...

... is probably correct. I believe it was an end- holer; probably a slalom boat since the close-cockpit Feuillettes appeared around 69. But the famed Hartung theft occurred in 1970, and the Hartung & its offspring pretty much dominated thereafter until Chamberlin's Gemini successfully brought close ...

... that the success of East German C-boaters, probably the best in the world at that time, was due in no small measure to a magic boat called a Hartung, named after Klaus Hartung, the East German designer and manufacturer. Besides the East Germans, only the Poles were at first allowed to paddle ...

... of scanning tips (for those of you who might want to send us some of your photos). And check out the cool shot of Paul Schelp and Mark Moore in a Hartung C2 on the Upper New River in 1983! Scott Posted on Mar 22, 1999, 8:49 AM