OC2 Questions

drrpm · Post by **drrpm** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:15 pm

I have a Mohawk Probe 14 with a triple saddle that I have used to take my daughters down section 3 of the Chattooga, starting around age 7. It worked well but I would skip the triple and go with 2 single saddles if I had it to do over. A Caption would also be a good choice. The Blast by Esquif would probably be good if you can find one.

Lengthy · Post by **Lengthy** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:20 pm

Have you ever given any thought to a shredder? They are probably the most versitile boat on the water. You can be on anything from flatwater to class 5 and have a great time. Swimming in flat sections is easily accomplished by youngsters out of a shredder also, making for big fun on hot days. This is a boat you'll keep using long after the kids are into their own boats.

jrsh92 · Post by **jrsh92** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:35 am

Speaking of catarafts...
You can run ANYTHING in the "Argut" cataraft... I went on an insane river trip a few years back with two of those with a half ton of gear on each. If you can keep yourself tied down securely enough you can pretty much bomb down anything.

chriscanoe · Post by **chriscanoe** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:55 am

oc1paddlr i think we probably know each other as there are not too many people in Gainesville who paddle open boats. I was actually thinking I would take her on the lower Chestatee (60-400) for the first river trip.
Have you gotten out in any of this rain? I went and did the east fork of the little river this past week(little river as in Lake Lanier), which was a very interesting run. I do get up to the hooch some, just dont get out as much as I used too.

chriscanoe · Post by **chriscanoe** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:55 pm

I am leaning toward the probe 14 with the tandem saddle. Thanks for all the input.

golder · Post by **golder** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:19 pm

i have a triple saddled probe 14. i've used it tandem w/ the mrs. and we've had a great time (no younguns though). i've used it solo as well. i picked it up pretty cheap this spring and have been glad to have it in the fleet. its very forgiving, making a good boat to get the wife into paddling open boat and makes a good boat for getting folks new to paddling on the water.

thats my dos pesos....

chriscanoe · Post by **chriscanoe** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:43 pm

Back in the day I paddled a probe 11, and basically ran all the big creeks and big water that I have ever and will ever do in thaqt boat. I wore two of them out. They are a darn good design, and I do not know why I switched to something else. Any body have any insight to how a Rodeo compares to a probe(just for solo andjust for my info)/

Carol · Post by **Carol** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:32 pm

Speaking from personal experience, If you could find one, a Dagger Dimension would be perfect. We started my nine year old son paddling bow in our Dimension, dare I say 19 years ago. My husband quickly became an expert at paddling a Dimension solo, even class 3 rapids. When Chris was 12, he moved into a Mad River Flashback, and I started paddling tandem bow again. My husband says I need to clarify that statement: when we, the two of us in the Dimension and he in the Flashback, I would stop paddling until he was safely through. Mom genes!

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Carol · Post by **Carol** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:35 pm

here's the picture I tried in above post...I'll get it right someday on first try!

Carol

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ohioboater · Post by **ohioboater** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:45 pm

I use a Dimension for my kids as well. Three saddles, with the solo position about a foot aft of where it "should" be, and the front/back saddles trimmed for adults. This trims the boat out reasonably for having a 40-90 lb kid in front and me in the center. I also have run it with me in the stern and both kids in front of me.

Pros of the Dimension - incredibly forgiving/stable, very dry, enough capacity to carry the kids plus the whole family's gear for overnights.

Cons of the Dimension - size/maneuverability. Mine must weigh 85 lbs (from the days of "good" Royalex). It's very maneuverable for its size, but a Blast it ain't. I can horse it around ok in easy class 2, but that's about the upper limit if your kids can't help move the boat when needed.

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