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itty bitty rodeo boat
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:44 pm
by squeakyknee
I know it's no new thing. people have been cutting down canoes for awhile.
I just pretty much finished taking a Whitesell Descender and cutting it down to 8ft 6inches. it has about 4 inches of rocker bow and stern and is about 28" wide at the gunnels.
I threw an old perception saddle in and am taking it out this afternoon to see how it paddles.
It's not the best looking thing in the world, but it's strictly for fun
( it's freakin UGLY!!)
I'll try and get some pics up of it 2morrow if I get a chance.
It looks a whole lot like a Mohawk Maxim...
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:06 pm
by sdbrassfield
Pics please...Action pics too...Did you glass it together ? What did you do on the gunnels ?
Re: itty bitty rodeo boat
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:29 am
by Mike W.
squeakyknee wrote: It's not the best looking thing in the world, but it's strictly for fun
( it's freakin UGLY!!)
I'll try and get some pics up of it 2morrow if I get a chance....
We want photos! I want to paddle it too
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:25 pm
by squeakyknee
Here's some pics, I'll try to get some action ones this weekend.
This sucker is super SQUIRRELLY, but alot of fun!
I bolted and glassed it back together and bought an 18 ft vinyl gunnel and chopped it down to fit.
Gonna add a pump this afternoon.
It needs footpegs too as I almost fell out a couple of times rolling it
NO initial stability and secondary puts the gunnels right at the water...
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 3:36 pm
by Mike W.
Dude, the airbags don't match. What's up with that?
Ya gotsta love the duct tape
My hat's off to you man. Way to innovate
I still want to paddle it.
DUDE
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:30 pm
by jim gross
That is soooo me. Whitesells roll so easy too.
cool
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:50 pm
by madmike
How did you figure out how small to make it? It would be easy (for large guy like me) to overload a boat that was too short. This is coo, and I have a crappy old boat........
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:01 pm
by sdbrassfield
squeakyknee wrote: This sucker is super SQUIRRELLY, but alot of fun!
I bolted and glassed it back together and bought an 18 ft vinyl gunnel and chopped it down to fit.....
jim gross wrote: That is soooo me.
Must be a Virginia Thing...
Hey good name for the boat...The "VIRGINIA THING"...
Looks like
holelotta fun...
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:22 am
by Mike W.
sdbrassfield wrote:Hey good name for the boat...The "VIRGINIA THING"...
Potential names:
James Thing (think James Dean)
Descendant (descendant of the Descender)
Runt of the Litter
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:09 am
by sdbrassfield
Yo Mike,
How bout callin it;
"D-ENDER" ...., He cut out the sce....
Or I guess you could just call it the "DER"
(Hey man squeak said it was freakin ugly).
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:15 am
by Mike W.
sdbrassfield wrote:"D-ENDER" ...., He cut out the sce....
I like it
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:06 pm
by RodeoClown
Nice work! We need more short canoes. I'd recommend adding sidewall foam- in a boat that small, you want as much flotation as you can...
Incidentally, I want to college in Virginia... This trend seems to explain my predisposition for short canoes....
awesome
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:16 am
by nam
I love it. Makes me miss open boating. Cant wait to go paddling. Thanks.
nam