what can you tell me about a prelude?

marclamenace · Post by **marclamenace** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:41 pm

OC1er, I had pretty much the same experience, selling my pyranha prelude after two years. It was my first solo boat so I learned a whole lot from it, but my remix now is much more responsive and carves way better. I could easily carve with the prelude but you have to tilt it a whole lot. It still is OK since the secondary stability is good but in my C1 right now I can feel the boat responding better and faster. Also I had problems learning my offside strokes in the prelude since the lack of primary was making them scary and high gunnels didn't help either... Again in my C1 it is a totally different story.

jakke · Post by **jakke** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:41 am

marclamenace wrote: Also I had problems learning my offside strokes in the prelude since the lack of primary was making them scary and high gunnels didn't help either... Again in my C1 it is a totally different story.

That's exactly what I like about the prelude! If you lean, you tip over, if you tilt, you can paddle offside. I think it's a great way to make a serious step forward in your technique.
And if you're talking tilt, try a nitro/detonator, that's hard work to get it tilted (in my opinion).
But then again, as I said before, I'm totally hooked up to the prelude

Todhunter · Post by **Todhunter** » Fri May 21, 2010 2:04 pm

jakke wrote:
marclamenace wrote: Also I had problems learning my offside strokes in the prelude since the lack of primary was making them scary and high gunnels didn't help either... Again in my C1 it is a totally different story.
That's exactly what I like about the prelude! If you lean, you tip over, if you tilt, you can paddle offside. I think it's a great way to make a serious step forward in your technique.
And if you're talking tilt, try a nitro/detonator, that's hard work to get it tilted (in my opinion).
But then again, as I said before, I'm totally hooked up to the prelude

That's how I feel about my maxim. It punishes me for my mistakes, and what better way to learn than to get owned when you do something wrong.

TheKrikkitWars · Post by **TheKrikkitWars** » Fri May 21, 2010 2:41 pm

jakke wrote:
marclamenace wrote: Also I had problems learning my offside strokes in the prelude since the lack of primary was making them scary and high gunnels didn't help either... Again in my C1 it is a totally different story.
That's exactly what I like about the prelude! If you lean, you tip over, if you tilt, you can paddle offside. I think it's a great way to make a serious step forward in your technique.
And if you're talking tilt, try a nitro/detonator, that's hard work to get it tilted (in my opinion).
But then again, as I said before, I'm totally hooked up to the prelude

I'd say it's totally possible to lean a prelude, so long as you have either lots of momentum, or a good set of strokes lined up to support the majority of your weight. oming into an eddy with the gunwale almost submerged and your body right out kills speed really effectively.