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i just bought a skeeter boat dirt cheap and the outfitting has not been altered yet, so here's the following:
1: which way is the bow and stern?
there's a "v" and a skeeter
2: how does it paddle?
3: does anyone still paddle it?

i understand they are not still in business
what about the airbags, are there replacement available
i got it because my robson cu fly is not fun to paddle long distance and i was going to get something for longer section of river
has anyone towed there playboat behind there river runner till they get to the play spots?
any other input would be appreciated

thanks
john c.
cincy,ohio

I had one, it was decent for paddling on rocky rivers. It was tippy, I did an unintentional ender in mine, and loved it and got a spanish fly which I also liked, but sold because I ddint use it enough. Anyway, I preferred the Spanish Fly to the Skeeter, The v should be the bow, but I thought it was symetrical.

Bill

you know the same in both direction I think. Him and another boat designer use to get into it all the time about if boats should be made like that or not.. Dick and Dopey both are useing their skeeter full fime after they broke like their third spanish fly each they went back to their skeeter while waitin for the Teaurea. the v does go in the front. dam I haven't had that much trouble with a word since I tried to spell gynologlish and had to end up usin <edited for content-sorry Louie!> instead.

like most of Frankies boat if you ain't diggin your dying, but if you are diggin it a fast sumbitch, the race head in Frankie came out in most of his boats

Well fellow East Tennesseean (Louie). I'd say your wording will pretty much force Sir Adam's hand.

What's your number again. I want to see your glass boats.

Chuck Incognito from Parts Unknown (to most)

V is forward, i have one right now that i just outfitted as it was gutted. it seems that the boat is slightly assymetrical due to the distance of the thwarts from the bow and stern.... have fun, i am only just starting to be able to use it and am finding a steep learning curve with its hull design but man its fast and should be great for play...

we tow playboats behind 16ft prospectors on the churchill river all the time, its a good way to bypass flatwater stretches, we even do some upstream ferry's and class 1 and 2 downstream stretches

jpm370
Get those prospectors out on some heavier whitewater, man. 16ft boats can easily handle solid III and above, if you take the time to learn how to use the hull. Think of a rapid as a slalom course of sorts, and you'll find you can bust all kinds of eddy hopping moves. The key to longboatin is just sitting in the back seat, instead of the traditional way (boat backwards sitting in the bow seat). Back in the day all those whitewater pioneers moved from canoes to kayaks when all they had to do was move to the back of the boat. About the most difficult thing that I've run a longboat down is the Deerfield Dryway. There's a couple pics on the AW site, one is the run-out to Split Decision, and the other is a pre-stompage shot at the bottom of DragonsTooth. Easy.