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... plug, I cut out profiles of the boat and glued them together. For the profiles I used some existing boats for reference. I have access to a Loco, Makao, Lizard, and a Wind C2. To take the lines for these boats, I made a chain girth device by pop riveting together a bunch of little pieces of pegboard. ...

It's a slalom C1, for up to 176 pounds
Not down river. It's about 11 feet 7 inches

This is a downriver boat? Designed for what weight?

Sorry about the price not showing up...had a hard time trying to post this boat
I'm asking $700 and I'm in Birmingham AL. We get up to the Bryson City NC area and
around the Ocoee if that helps.

Where is the boat located, and what are you asking for it?

Fiberglass Makao Racing C1. $700 Good Condition. Adjustable Straps for longer legs. Sprayskirt comes with it (Steve made it for me, as the cockpit didn't fit my sprayskirts) Color is Red/Yellow I am putting it on Boatertalk also, ...

Man, I'm getting too old for this sort of testing. :-? Four runs in each boat, each run on a flatwater circuit taking about 50 seconds. The Makao weighs 22 lbs, the "CSX" 26 lbs. Sequence: 1. Two in the CSX, with a 1 minute rest between runs. 2. Switch into my Galasport Makao. Two runs with ...

... and the Stinger, thus the C and S in the name.) I've already got the bow grab-loop divot. Now is the time to make something for the stern. My Makao has a very simple groove. Not that easy to make though, since in the mold it stands proud of the surface.

... almost never use a power stroke behind the cockpit. Thanks, so this is the reason behind strange looking C1s like Vaňha (Noah)'s Jape, Galasport Makao (and nearly anything from Galasport :D )? And what about those short, pointy "wings" on some C-1s? edit: Definitely early 80's. I found some more ...

... do the evaluation and adaptation myself. Sometimes it works, sometimes not so much. Oh. By the way. (Completely Unrelated) I have a used Galasport Makao slalom C1 for sale. $700. Very good condition. Weight range 140 lbs to 170 lbs. You can even try it out! I still like my Stinger better, so I'm ...

... performs is dependent on the paddler, too I am currently having a Syphon (though it's the older model). It's a good boat with a rounder hull than makao and co, it was based on michal martikan's designs. But it is hard to make this boat track and keep it gliding since it turns off it's course extremely ...

I am by no means an expert in slalom boats, but as far as I know the Makao was designed by Tony Estanguyet for his paddlig style, with the Yin and finally the 64 being evolutions of it, the 64 being the most recent design. They all have a maximum weight of ...

LL Stinger (most of the time)
Necky Blunt (some of the time)
Tip Top wildwater (some of the time)
Galasport Makao slalom (some of the time)
Pyranha Speeder (less of the time)
Jackson Fun (much less of the time)
C-1 (all of the time)

... nearly as much as people do now.) Ultramax Batmax Superbat Extrabat (my favorite...) Fanatic II (not my favorite) Stinger (fastest boat ever)* Makao* *Still have these 4, plus my original Cobra prototype. Pathetic... Other: Made a kayak from a free mold (hated it...) 20-odd boats in 35 years, ...

... radical difference between the hull designs. It's obvious (to me) that the Stinger (white boat) will tend to ride higher in the water than the Makao at speed. The rails keep the water under the hull. The violet line is the Stinger's profile superimposed on the Makao's. http://www.wwslalom.net/paddling/makao/both_profiles.jpg