Shaggy PAGAN C1 proto can be demoed in WV this weekend

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:31 am

Just to let you all know, I will be paddling in WV this weekend (Upper Yough on Friday, New/Gauley on Saturday /Sunday and probably Lower Yough on the way back on Monday) and Gwyn and Martin from Shaggy Designs have been so kind

(Thanks again guys!) to let me borrow their Shaggy Saint based C1 proto for the trip

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The boat has the same hull shape as the Shaggy Saint kayak http://www.shaggydesigns.com/ , but a different C1 specific deck with the appropriately modified cockpit position and volume distribution. It is almost identical to what the final production boat will look like (I have seen the plug of the final deck).
If anyone would like to try the boat out during this weekend, you can either PM or e-mail me or call me on my cell (647-828-4189).

Cheers

martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!

PS: PAC and JFD have first dibs on trying oit on Monday!

msims · Post by **msims** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:35 am

Isn't that Isaac's boat? Or was that not a saint?
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the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:45 am

msims, yes and no.

While Isaacs Boat is a Saint, it is ebn early prototype of the Kayak version (#2) that was later on converted in a C1.

Between it and the production version of the Saint kayak there were 2 more prototype versions that changed and improved the boats handling quite substantially. This boat is faster and carves better.
And while the deck on the one Isaac has is esseentially still a kayak deck, just with a c1 cockpit installed, this one has an entirely redesigned C1 specific deck.
They look quite differently and also paddle quite differently.

martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!

Post by **PAC** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:42 pm

Monday eh! Call me Sunday night for an update on your status. Looks like I'll see you there. Let me know if you need a roof / floor too! Paul C.

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:14 am

Sent you a PM! I will call you on Sunday! See you Monday.

martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!

bearboater · Post by **bearboater** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:44 am

I wish I had that boat. Kayak deck or not, it looks sweet.
prost
-isaac

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:28 pm

msims is talking about a different Isaac.

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The big difference between proto#2 and the current one is less the deck than the hull shape... and yes, the boat IS sweet

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martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!

bearboater · Post by **bearboater** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:29 pm

I am aware that there are unfortunately, more than one Isaac. but the boat looks sweet.
Prost
-isaac

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:16 am

bearboater, what's prost ?

bearboater · Post by **bearboater** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:15 am

Larry,
Prost is german for Cheers, more affiliated to drinking. it usually has the dots above the o I believe, since I am part/mostly german (Schmidt) it's more fun to say.
Prost
-isaac

TomAnon · Post by **TomAnon** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:02 pm

...and it is October!!! after all. Grab a fistfull of (sounds like) chest and facefull of beer.. or is it the other way around

Prost,

Tom

bearboater · Post by **bearboater** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:51 pm

a brewery here in missoula has a beer called Oktoberfest that is from a german master brewer suposedly, very similar to that consumed at Oktoberfest in Munich.
and yes it gets better the more you have.
Prost!
-isaac

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:25 am

thanks! learn something new every day..

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:40 pm

bearboater wrote:Larry,
Prost is german for Cheers, more affiliated to drinking. it usually has the dots above the o I believe, since I am part/mostly german (Schmidt) it's more fun to say.
Prost
-isaac

Prost is actually only used in conjunction with drinking... Every time I read one of bearboaters post I do threfore feel an urge to crack a cold one

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martin a.k.a. the great gonzo!

Cheers! Prost ! Sante! Salute!

bearboater · Post by **bearboater** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:29 pm

most of the time I post, I do crack a cold one, or a few...
As I am doing right now.
Prost
-isaac