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... rid of the Makao and build a new Stinger (assuming Kaz still has the mold...). On a more boastful note, I also did some timed runs with my 33 lb Cobra OC1 13ft slalom boat. It's as fast as the Stinger! That's not too surprising, since the hull is very similar, but with sides. The bad: The Cobra ...

... no experience and no place here to get it. When I went to Africa I spend a day at Snake world to learn more about them. We did almost step on a cobra on a hike. anyone ever have a snake drop into their canoe? or something like that?

.... The Viper 11 is kinda like a hot car, a Shelby Mustang Cobra, pretty unforgiving of error and demanding of technique but once you get it you love it. The new era of boat hulls originally starting with Dagger and now Esquif have more bouyancy forward ...

... speed and quicker reaction time and therefore he is "on" the hull. And winning the races! The Viper 11 is kinda like a hot car, a Shelby Mustang Cobra, pretty unforgiving of error and demanding of technique but once you get it you love it. The new era of boat hulls originally starting with Dagger ...

... boats hard chined when those boats differ quite a bit in looseness. The difference there is a "hard" chine vs a "sharp" chine. The picture of the Cobra is a good example of a hard chine that isn't sharp- there's no "sharp" angle. It's a matter of semantics, and possibly a throwback to before "sharp" ...

... . In my experience, this can be an advantage or a curse (when the currents play at you from different directions, like in the swirlies). I love my Cobra but it requires very aggressive moves sometimes, and don't get caught on a strong eddy line! Of course, my boat has a much longer waterline and ...

TonyB wrote:I think they just took a can of Red spray paint to the old Demo

It's been done before. When the first Shelby Cobra was brought into the US, Shelby had it painted (sequentially) different colors to give the illusion of multiple cars.

Fortunately Esquif is considerably more honest.

Just for reference, the height of my C1 seat is 5.5", my Cobra (RAC 13) seat is 6" and my Spark's seat is about 6.5".

... sport, A/B courses got too hard for an old man... Still did C1 in C/D races. Millbrook Hornet Millbrook Reaktor Millbrook Stinger Millbrook Cobra Esquif Spark

OC Cruisin': Old Town Tripper Old Town Pathfinder (2) Long time gap... Esquif Spark OC Racing: Rattler Millbrook Reaktor Millbrook Cobra C1 Cruisin' Max II (Forgot the name, but it was a Perception kayak with factory C1 outfitting, circa 1976 - terrible boat) Perception Dancer converted ...

... radical designs: the Rattler (a Cudamax with sides), the Reaktor (Stability? We don't need no stinkin' stability!) and my current boat, the Cobra (narrow, railed and fast). Frankly, the easiest boat to paddle was the Reaktor, but you could never depend on its native stability. (Native stability ...

... radical designs: the Rattler (a Cudamax with sides), the Reaktor (Stability? We don't need no stinkin' stability!) and my current boat, the Cobra (narrow, railed and fast). Frankly, the easiest boat to paddle was the Reaktor, but you could never depend on its native stability. In racing ...

That thing looks like a parody of my (slalom) Cobra.





You'll hear from my lawyers!

My boat's faster than your boat. Nyaa, nyaa...

It's a good thing that I didn't record any of my Spark runs. At least one 50 on each...

For some reason my Cobra (13' race-class) was happy to follow the best (and dry) lines.

It's a little bit far from you, but my prototype Cobra (not the production one in the picture below) is available. A little bit narrow (25") but flat-bottomed. Its straight-line speed enabled me to be the 3rd fastest 13' boat at the 2001 Slalom Nationals. ...