New boat for Mike
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Rodeo very wet boat but made to play in those features
I have Viper 11 and had a Rodeo. Loved the Rodeo, but was too wet for using as a down river boat for me. I didn't have a pump. Loved the light weight.
If this doesn't make sense I broke my ankle and foot and am in an altered state of consciousness for pain relief. I hoped such misfortune would bring everyone else in the SE rain.
If this doesn't make sense I broke my ankle and foot and am in an altered state of consciousness for pain relief. I hoped such misfortune would bring everyone else in the SE rain.
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Re: differance?
About a foot?madmike wrote:can anyone expand on the difference between the Viper 11, and the Rodeo?
http://www.mohawkcanoes.com/whitewater.htm
It just looked like a small Viper to me, but never paddled one. Not sure if it was an actual Frankie boat or if they just took a Viper and chopped it.
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Ya, it's a foot shorter, but has .5" more rocker and a half inch more narrow. So, it is less edgy the chine is not as long. It's made to play in a hole. Not a fast boat, but it is light, Royalite. The old ones were only available in Royalite. However, when I talked with Mohawk the other day, the new ones are only in Royalex. for now.
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Just for info sake, the viper series goes liike this.. mohawk took a viper 12 and removed 1 foot from the middle, put the two halves back together and made it a viper11, then did the same thing again and made a viper 10 or "rodeo". Ive seen the original plugs and you can see the seams where each were cut and put back together . At 220 lbs., I paddled a viper 11 for years and it did just fine. Now in a mega rocker C1 .
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That's what I thought - the edge must have been more sharply defined in the center and less so towards the ends, thus the reduced edge in the subsequent "chops".
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I paddled the 'fly once
It was fun, just not what I want. Where do you get one? I have a bunch of royalex, and it works well.
They DO suck in big water, too slow, too low (sides and in the water...).pdown2 wrote: You just can't beat a bathtub boat.......they absolutely SUCK in big water though.......or I just absolutely suck in big water, one of the two and probably the latter.
I manage to run big water Class IV's in my CU fly to get to a play feature but it's truly hair paddling, or very exciting stuff (all relative to your intentions/state of mind...) poping an ender when you're not expecting it in the middle of a juicy rapid
But I'll keep at the small boats just for their playability