So when I was at the East Race this weekend, I actually was able to get a couple kayakers into the "Stinkeye."
One was a flatwater marathon canoe racer (to be fair ) but paddled a kayak in WW.
The other saw/sometimes paddles with Wayne G-Man I believe...but had recently seen Wayne running Tommy's old Detonator down the Lower Yough, and we got to talking about the new little boats...which led to him running down the course. At first he said he felt like a newbie on the course again, but by the time he was off, he wouldn't be scared running the LY in a boat like that!
Both thought it was very fun paddling the canoe and could see themselves doing it at some point.
It's all good!
Saw the pics of Jeff M. on facebook, great stuff! Your stinkeye is a really cool design and a lot of fun to paddle, I'm glad you're sharing it and converting some kayakers.
hi Mickey, Barry here. Is your 'Stinkeye" the wooden canoe you designed and built? I thought that looked like a real neat little canoe, but on the "concrete course" at the East Race? BTY, I did order the new Ion for Susie from Jeremy and he is going to ship it to Wisconsin for me. Thanks again for the boat ride offer. ..............the Boathead................................
Barry, yep that'd be stinkeye! I actually had the ER in mind when I built it. The course is pretty slimy these days...on the concrete and the eddys you do rub, but its done nothing more than rub off paint and minimal scratching. It's proving to be quite tough. Lloads of fun there![/b]
Yes you are doing your part Mikey. Helping that young boater, Aaron, make a Stink-X is first class! I hope he gets it done and brings it to the Turkey Bash. I wants to try it!
It is one unique and cool looking canoe. Now I can enjoy the Golden Monkey ON and OFF the river.
On its maiden run late last Friday night on the LY a yakker asked if it was one of the state-of-the-art fancy OC playboats coming out. YUP! Another asked if it was aluminum. NOPE! Others said it looked like UFO going down the river. In the eye of the beholder, I guess.
It's easier to roll than Mikey-B's Stink-Eye as he made it a few inches less flare on the tumblehome. It's a foot shorter than Aaron's Stink-Eye X.
Haven't had a chance to weigh it yet, but Mikey-B thinks its about 46lbs.
It handles similarly to the S-Fly, but it is edgier -- a good thing for playing and eddy hopping. It's much faster.
Certainly a biggish water boat and not a creeker, but, maybe, as I dial in, would be wiling to punish it on the UY some day
Nice boat Mb! . Al got his baby! I hear that golden monkey on the bottom has the power to morph in monkeys from an alternate universe, where they drink nothing but monkeys.
Remember folks....a golden monkey or two a day...keepith the doctor away.
but 4 golden monkeys? Well...we know what that does.
There was quite a lot of kayaker interest in the Stinkeyes on the LY this weekend, maybe it's just a canoe that they can relate to in terms of size.
As much as Al's Monkey Eye looks like a UFO on the river, it looks even more like one on the roof of his SUV. I am looking for the footage of it in the next UFO special.
Now if only I can find the controls for the replicator that serves ice cold Monkeys, we'll all be set.
) but paddled a kayak in WW.
