ISO Magnet C1

HL · Post by HL » Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:26 pm

Any still out there?

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:30 pm

They appear occasionally (I have one, but I'm keeping it!). I think I've seen 3 or so sold here over the years.

I think the mold is still out there, too.

HL · Post by HL » Mon May 23, 2011 2:20 am

Wow, sorry for the long delay in responding. Thanks for your earlier reply re the Magnet. Sounds like a great boat, though I've not paddled one. I"m looking for a very nice cruising boat, and all comments I've read on Magnet are very positive. Corresponded with Andy Bridge, and Magnets are distant memory to him. Maybe I'll see one (C1?) some day.

hl

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:27 am

Adam; I wish I had mine back!

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Mon May 23, 2011 5:19 pm

They are nice boats:)

For cruising you may also want to considering the following, depending on your weight, all of which I believe are still being made:
Millbrook Wide Ride
Millbrook Amoeba
Millbrook Hornet
PS Composites Descender
PS Composites Viper (full volume)

I wonder who has the Magnet mold these days?

If you are in upstate NY (Lake George / Saratoga Springs region) let me know - I have all of the above in the "Cboat museum" (as well as others) and they are available for folks to try out (I'm right on the Hudson River, though it is a flatwater stretch).

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Mon May 23, 2011 8:17 pm

Re: the Magnet mold. Andy Bridge told me that he left it behind at Valley Mill (the camp?)

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Tue May 24, 2011 3:28 am

Interesting. Andy let me try his personal Magnet near the Dagger factory, and he knew I was considering ordering one. (Wish I had.) I suppose it's possible he knew he would have to retrieve the mold.

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Tue May 24, 2011 11:45 am

Andy's "personal Magnet" had a dark green deck. I think it is the one I bought from him and I believe Sir Adam is the current owner.

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Tue May 24, 2011 12:46 pm

Green deck, tan hull... Valley Mill boat... a few images on the Magnet page:

http://www.cboats.net/c_db/list.php?typ ... ame=Magnet

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Tue May 24, 2011 8:35 pm

You forgot to mention the horrible repair job on bow and stern (that I did). Dat's da one.

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Sat May 28, 2011 3:13 am

Andy had already beat the tar out of that Magnet by the time I tried it ! That boat is very reluctant to tear or delaminate.

ClassFive Boats · Post by **ClassFive Boats** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:16 pm

I came thiiisssss close to getting the magnet mold after the composite construction stopped at Dagger. I heard it was taken to the dump.. I did get the Blackwater mold ( plug )tho, And the Maverik+ slalom boat mold .
The Magnet was the blackwater with a foot or so taken from the middle is my understanding.
Bummer.

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:05 pm

The collected information on the Magnet and Blackwater on this site indicates that the Hahn was the ancestral species, but that the Blackwater and Magnet evolved in somewhat different directions. Clearly the guys that made the magnet did not just hack on an existing design, but worked on their own for an optimum.

I regard the Magnet as the best descendant of the Hahn that I ever paddled, faster, more stable, less porky. I never paddled a Blackwater.