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C1 boat recommendations for a former K1

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:54 am
by vonfonk
Hello everyone,

I was hoping someone could recommend a good C1 boat for someone making the transition over from kayaking. I weigh about 235lbs and paddle a solid class III. Any thoughts?

Thanks

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:59 am
by bamaboater
demo, demo and demo s'more.

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:34 am
by Mike W.
Come to the Armada & try some boats.
http://cboats.net/cforum/viewtopic.php?t=7958127

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:30 am
by sbroam
+1 Armada. It's pretty hard to find OC's to demo and much harder than that to find C-1s (depending on where you are) - especially in the "big guy" category. The armada will be one of the largest gathering of C-boaters in the east this year. The "Ain't Louie Fest" would be good, too - probably more open boaters, though :

http://www.cboats.net/cforum/viewtopic.php?t=7957939

As for a recommendation, depends on what you want to do - race? play? creek? general river running?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:38 pm
by vonfonk
Thanks for the info. I am looking a playful river runner if possible. I'd love to demo boats but decked canoes seemed hard to come by. Which I'm kinda surprised about here in Colorado.