What is this old school... c1/2/3?

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Wed May 18, 2011 4:49 pm

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/D ... directlink

just came up locally for sale-trade

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:05 pm

Looks like a Gemini with a center hole cut to me... not sure which one though (there were several (5?) variations over the years I'm aware of).

John Coraor · Post by **John Coraor** » Wed May 18, 2011 7:14 pm

I don't know about it being a Gemini. The deck looks like it has a centerline peak. I built and paddled a Gemini III as my first C-2, also paddled a Gemini V, and saw examples of most of the rest of the series at one time or another; I don't recall any of the decks having a centerline peak.

However, the Paramax (not the Paramax II or Argumax) did have a somewhat peaked deck, particularly if the builder made the center pillars a little too high and pushed up the deck higher than they were designed to be. I wouldn't be willing to say that's what it is based on this one photo, but it looks more like it to my eye than it does a Gemini.

John

marclamenace · Post by **marclamenace** » Wed May 18, 2011 7:34 pm

C2 + sealed beer container?

Bruce Farrenkopf · Post by **Bruce Farrenkopf** » Sat May 21, 2011 3:49 pm

Hello Larry,

That's a 3 holer C2. I've got one. The center hole can be used for paddling solo (which I've done) or for easy gear access when paddled as a C2. The center hole can affect the rigidity of the boat, but all-in-all the boat should be fun to paddle as a C2 (not so much fun as a C1

).

SYOTR,

Bruce

icyone · Post by **icyone** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:25 pm

Agree that the boat does not have "Gemini" lines -- Gemini's had lots of wildwater genes and that doesn't show here (my first C-2 was a Gemini from '78 -- prob a III). What strikes me as odd is the cockpit spacing: definitely a C-2 with center cargo cockpit, but most slalom designs wouldn't really have the cockpits far enough apart for that. Maybe someone did a totally new deck -- or could have been a criuse-oriened design with the cockpits not as close. I think Tom Johnson may have designed something with wider cockpit spacing.

Looks like a gas for a camper -- just make sure you can roll