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- Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:50 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: How to Grow the Open Canoe User Base
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11128
Re: Question: How to expand the whitewater open canoe base.
For a long time I have believed that there is a real market among 50 something guys. there are lots of us who like canoeing and just have noty been exposed to the WW aspect of the sport. And (drumroll please) we have money! Chris Kelly I agree that the financial aspect of it has a lot to do with it...
- Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:52 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Bringing this back up to top...fate of Mad River Canoe Co.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20290
- Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:56 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Bringing this back up to top...fate of Mad River Canoe Co.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20290
Glad to see some of the old models coming back, and thankful that Esquif is pushing the envelope on new designs as well. I certainly hope that Twintex works out, and though I don't want one, I'm glad that some manufacturers are making plastic canoes. I think one of the facts that we seem to overlook...
- Tue May 23, 2006 2:27 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Just curious
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22485
- Tue May 23, 2006 11:57 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Just curious
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22485
I started out paddling in the Boy Scouts, with tandem OCs. A few overnighters and a couple of 3 day trips had me hooked. Of course, my dad wouldn't buy me a boat, so I did without for a while. I would rent a canoe if there was an outfitter nearby, and did a few runs in rafts (about 8 trips between t...
- Mon May 22, 2006 9:12 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: How many boats do you own? (kayaks dont count)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 58122
- Mon May 08, 2006 5:59 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Ocoee or Outrage as first WW OC-1?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16416
Happy with Ocoee Decision
Happy to say that I am very pleased with the Ocoee purchase. Bags are in and I've been on the Haw and the Cape Fear so far. I'm not 100% dialed in on the boat yet, but getting very comfortable in it. I've played a little, enough to find those edges and get a feel for how they react, but not enough f...
- Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:55 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: As the father of a C-boater
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7965
It's just joking on my part. I've paddled with kayakers, and we all get along. A guy that paddles kayak (a rec. boat) gets swamped frequently on some of the rivers and we always bail him out (cockpit so big that the skirt implodes). Kayakers helped me out when I was looking up at fish in my Cascade....
- Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:09 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: As the father of a C-boater
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7965
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree :) About a year ago, some friends and I were paddling and one of the guys was talking about paddling a 'yak the other day for the first time. We accused him of turning into one of those butt boaters, and he vehemently denied that he was thinking of giving up ...
- Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:09 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: OC Bilge Pumps...info wanted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2848
- Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:58 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Ocoee or Outrage as first WW OC-1?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16416
I paddled both of the Ocoees and was surprised at the vast difference in the feel between the two. I paddled the pinched, but uncut boat first and it felt a little jittery but manageable after a few minutes. I was thinking...nope, bad idea. After about 5 or 10 minutes, I decided to try the other boa...
- Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:23 pm
- Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
- Topic: Seeking advice on shipping canoes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4486
I'm not sure if you won on the boat on e-bay or not, but taking a wild guess that with you knowing the shipping costs, you backed off on that boat. It was a nice boat, but $840 for an Ovation, $250+ to ship it, and a few hundred more to add bags and the rest of the outfitting?? At that price, I woul...
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:20 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Boat trim....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3092
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:58 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Ocoee or Outrage as first WW OC-1?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16416
Thanks for the input Tiggy. I generally don't lean way out of the boat to catch water, but there have been times that I've ended up extended over the water a bit (on purpose) to make a move. It's mainly when I plant a duffolk for a fast turn out of current into a smaller eddy that I'll do that, or i...
- Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:22 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Ocoee or Outrage as first WW OC-1?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16416
Thanks for the offer Phil. That was a fun trip, we went up about a month ago on the nanty and I got a nice view of the fish on Patton's. I was trying out that Cascade after putting in new outfitting that week...hadn't even put it in the water at that point. The saddle was way too high and the trim w...