drakkar fatboy

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:13 pm

msims wrote:What about getting the plug to someone like Shaggy, and have them co-release it? I'd be in for a kevlar/glass boat too!

Shaggy boyz frequent this forum - hopefully they'd see this, and be able to respond to the willingness of it - It would be a shame to let a good design like that go to waste.

A fiberglass or Kevlar creek boat?... ummm? I don't think so.

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:15 pm

mshelton wrote:If it would be cheaper it would be nice to do a boat such as the Fatboy in the same material that the Spark is made from. Only drawback would be the slight leak that that material has, maybe a flexible coating on the interior would take care of it.

Not possible... Jacques (Esquif) might be able to make it in a similar manner they make the Taureau though.

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:21 pm

Is there pics or specs of the Fatboy "anywhere"?

Nuthin' on the Drakkar site.

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:47 pm

Craig Smerda wrote:
msims wrote:What about getting the plug to someone like Shaggy, and have them co-release it? I'd be in for a kevlar/glass boat too!

Shaggy boyz frequent this forum - hopefully they'd see this, and be able to respond to the willingness of it - It would be a shame to let a good design like that go to waste.
A fiberglass or Kevlar creek boat?... ummm? I don't think so.

you said it!

msims · Post by **msims** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:47 pm

Point taken- my interest was more in having a big boat for big boys like myself.. I guess there's the finky, or a custom-cut Shaggy Sith/Pagan/Saint to fit the size...

Keep in mind that my idea of "creekboating" is CIV, where the likelihood of my flipping in a hole-feature is increased, and I can't get my roll on.. I don't suppose bigger boats would help in ensuring that I nail my roll

I was just looking for the silver bullet!

Closest thing to a photo:
http://playak.com/kayaks.php?id=257

Post by **sbroam** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:04 pm

I almost forgot about these - not sure where I got these from, maybe from Marko? These aren't of an actual boat, but the plug underdevelopment

Start here...

NZMatt · Post by **NZMatt** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:50 pm

Good point about the mould cost Craig. I was also guessing around 100boats. I know that number has been floated around here somewhere before.

I don't know if a FG mold would work or not,, but I sure as heck wouldn't want a fiberglass or carbon kevlar creeker. In the end I had to get another boat as a creeker - I was creeking in the Wheelboy and it's an early one that doesn't even have proper grabloops - not the best for creeking. If times change in the future, I'll reconsider, but I don't tend to buy boats often at this point. I rather play with what I've got.

Matt

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:33 pm

sbroam wrote:I almost forgot about these - not sure where I got these from, maybe from Marko? These aren't of an actual boat, but the plug underdevelopment

Start here...

Man, does that thing look hot... I would buy one in a heartbeat if it came on the market...

martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!

mshelton · Post by **mshelton** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:39 pm

Sad to say so but I think Marko may have sold a few more boats if he had of made the Fatboy instead of the Wheelboy.

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:55 pm

mshelton, I think you are right there, as creekboats seem to fit more people and the choice is smaller than with playboats.

martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!