Definitions needed: cboat, paddlesnake

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:15 pm

What is the definition of a cboat?

What is a paddlesnake?

Thanks.

Roger

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:47 pm

My definition of a "CBoat" is a whitewater canoe, either decked or open. Technically I guess a CBoat would be any canoe, or rather any craft paddled with a single canoe paddle from the kneeling or a raised seat position. I suspect most folks who say "CBoat" are refering to a decked canoe, or C1, though

.

I'll leave it to others to explain paddlesnakes

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:11 am

Then why are many of the boats displayed on this site, under C1 Rec Boats, etc. kayaks?

TommyC1 · Post by **TommyC1** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:42 am

Kayaks?
There's plenty of decked canoes but no kayaks on this site.
I guess some of them used to be kayaks, but they been fixxed.
Nope no kayaks here.
You guy's seen any kayaks?

Now paddlesnakes, those are found in rapids through out the world. They are super intelligent reptiles with a voracious appetite for paddles. Paddle snakes, unlike us, don't care if they are true paddles or those silly double bladed things.
You be running a rapid when WHAM! paddlesnake grab your paddle. Maybe rip it out of your hand. Maybe chomp it right in two. In either case you be up the creek you know?
Watch out for the paddlesnake.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:17 am

Thanks

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:49 am

Very apt description of a Paddlesnake if I ever heard one

Roger-I can confirm what Tommy T stated-there are NO Kayaks on the "Boats" pages-they are all either Open Canoes (OC1 or OC2) or Decked Canoes (C1 or C2). The only Kayaks are within the "Outfitting" section where converting kayaks to a more honorable craft

is discussed.

Sandie_ · Post by **Sandie_** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:39 am

Sir Adam: "a CBoat would be any canoe, or rather any craft paddled with a single canoe paddle from the kneeling or a raised seat position"

Is a coracle a cboat then? Cool.

[img]http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sandie.wainwr ... oracle.jpg[/img] Me in a coracle.

http://www.coraclemaker.co.uk/gallery.htm

Sandie
I think I have just lost all street cred on this forum

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:42 pm

On the C1 Rec Boats page, top right, pic, the boat between the Viper and the camera sure looks like a Butt boat to me.

BTW the same pic appears on the Viper page should you wish to expell the interloper

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:49 am

Sandie,

You can get your street cred back if you run McCoys Rapid on the Ottawa in your coracle

martin

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 12:59 pm

We had this discussion a while back, and decided even the Revolution ("C2" catamaran) was probably a CBoat. Thankfully limiting CBoats.net to whitewater craft helps a lot. Yes, I WILL put a picture of you in the Coracle up...IF it's while you're running McCoys:). Phil's would LOVE that thing I'll be

.

Jim P.-I should have been more specific-no boat page is dedicated to a kayak...some images that are of CBoats MAY include training cboaters with "training paddles"

), but they are incidental to the discussion

. You'll notice more on the Armada pages, for better or worse....

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