C-Forum

... you could have any kayak out there to convert into a C-1 $-free-$ for one season... what would it be and why? Take this an an opportunity to "pretend" you have an unlimited budget and loads of time to paddle.... oh and a $-free-$ gas card!

Necky Zip. It's wide enough to be stable. Looks like it surfs pretty good & has enough length to maintain some speed.

el jeffe.... cause it 's a big gamble to buy a new one, and i bet it would break within a year if i liked it. so free would be the way to go on that one...

A new Drakkar composite kayak, so I could tell Marko to ship me another Bigboy instead.

That way I could paddle the new one and not worry about beating the crap out of it

One of the new Liquid Logic CR's,they look wide enough,playful,and the front of the cockpit is raised for more volume @ the paddler.(which is knee room for us)

If I get to play pretend why can't I have a purpose built C-1 in plastic?

I'm sick of converting kayaks. Let the training blade crowd convert some C-1s!

Model?

I can't even decide whether it would be a creek boat or a play boat.

P.

I'll let you know after the Armada when, hopefully, I have a chance to test out a Maven! And based on my experiences with my Wheelboy and the Big Boy, a Fatboy would be nice too!
Oh, wait you said Kayak to convert....
Actually I'd rather go for the really big dream and have a herd of C specific (OC and C) designs to test, demo and drive around the country side with! Or is that being too unrealistic!

PS: I've been looking at a Jefe but I'm keeping my George Washingtons in the dark of my wallet for the time being!

well, no kayak conversions for me any more... but as PAC mentioned, a Fatboy would be nice... if it ever makes it into production...

martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!

A Fluid Solo L with Expedition Hatch.

I'm sure I would get a summer of paddling out of it. I don't really playboat, so that boat would do anything I want to do. The Hatch would make it easy for camera gear and for some classic multi days.

I would love to see whay effect it has if a creeker had design influence by one of the best c-1ers out there. (I think Joe Stuempfel is his name)

Cheers, Jan

I was looking at a Hoss and Jefe for a creeker- but I'm still waiting for the fatboy-


This is where I wish I didn't sell boats, but
in terms of river runner play- I think there are c1s in production that I'm totally happy with, other than I would make the bigboy in plastic- and the Sith rocks,

and for those who want downtime you got the Maven or an Acrobat.
Bill

Bill, we have a converted Hoss if you want to try it sometime.

Chuck

Sweet-

I'm going to try to meet up with Chris Kelley Monday-for a Zephyr run on Wilson creek if theres enough water- it's very bony right now - I think -5 -5.5 is the minimum in an open boat and at that level there is some rock jumble portaging- I need to call a friend to check to see how accurate the virtual gauge is. David Sink might go-

The only problem is I'd like to be on the river by 9:00- If you want to go- Otherwise I'll meet up with you sooner or later for a demo.

Bill

I'm too big and tall for conversions, and most of today's kayaks are too slow for my taste, but my choice would be the new Jackson-Knight slalom kayak.

draggo fish with CF pedestel a foam bulkhead and leather burton snoboard bindings for straps and 0.5" inch minicell pad for the interior also a sweet level six kevlar skirt