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Hi,
It has been a while, but we are again in the process of designing another boat! This time a slalom C1 for the larger paddler. More details at
http://shaggydesigns.com/index.htm

We have a prototype up on the Ottawa, and it has been great fun so far. We are welcoming anyone to get in touch and come for a test drive. We would like all the feedback that anyone can give us. Drop us a line at info@shaggydesigns.com.

Gwyn

This is great news! I still love my Sith, but it would be neat to have a fast Shaggy.

Just when I thought I was done thinking about buying new boats.

Did you start from Tom Hewitt's old design or the Hype/Scream/Lizard? Just looking at the seam line, that's what speaks out.

Both of those are actually the same original mold, but Benn worked with Tom to get more rocker and a narrower bow on the two he made.

Looks nice, North American Slalom boats would be great to have again. Also looks like you've done a nice job getting depth around the cockpit, and good front end volume just ahead of the paddler which is what the scream/lizard lacked for me.

Currently paddling a Demon XXL @ 92kg for reference.

Cheers,

We looked at a variety of modern slalom boats from several manufacturers to get an idea of what we would do to achieve our goals - it is not based on any particular boat.
It is still a work in progress, and that seamline is probably going to be modified slightly in the next prototype, getting a bit lower and slightly more rounded in the area in front of the paddler.

Nice, the one thing that I've always been surprised about with Slafkovsky's boats - Hype, Lizard/Scream was how flat they are ahead of the paddler. especially for a larger person, it would be fun to have more volume focused around the cockpit.

Do you have any profile pictures of the boat out of the water?

Very cool

Sure we do, here you go;

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