AC/DC

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:58 am

Kaz, do you know if the AC/DC was designed to be paddled "forward" in fishform orientation for downriver, and with paddlers "backward," facing the other way, when racing slalom?

kaz · Post by **kaz** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:32 pm

Hey EZ,
I believe that was John Berry's original intention with the boat.

JKaz

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:36 pm

Is the boat that different from one end to the other? I should take some measurements some time... but it never looked that much different to me (being my parents boat I never paid much attention though).

I do know that the thwarts John glassed in are not reversible on our boat though.

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:31 pm

I have a single B&W photo of the boat being raced in slalom. But while it's easy to see which way the paddlers are facing, telling the orientation of the boat, in the water, is very difficult.

kaz · Post by **kaz** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:46 am

Without actually measuring the boat, I can say that the bow is deeper than the stern.

JK

TommyC1 · Post by **TommyC1** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:48 pm

Looks to me like a nice Prospectorish tandem. It certainly has higher shearline in the bow.

RodS · Post by **RodS** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:07 pm

What the hades kind of stroke is that stern paddler using?!

busterblue · Post by **busterblue** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:38 pm

Looks like a cross sweep.

Deb R · Post by **Deb R** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:44 pm

RodS wrote:What the hades kind of stroke is that stern paddler using?!

Lucky for the bow paddler that there was enough room in the boat to do that cross stroke or the bow paddler would've been smacked upside the head! Hmm--the things you don't know that are going on behind your back...

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:00 pm

Never have my knees up like that, even when sitting.

PatrickOC1 · Post by **PatrickOC1** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:52 pm

ezwater wrote: Never have my knees up like that, even when sitting.

Try it some time, much better leverage for Gunnel bracing and selfrescue practice