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The Option is 8'8" long, the Ion is 6'10" long. Both are 29" wide and will be about 15.75" deep.

The Option is symmetrical in top view, but the rocker is asymmetrical, and the chines are also asymmetrical.

The Ion is essentially intended to be a river running version of the Blackfly. I paddled it on whitewater for the first time today, and I have to say it's ridiculously fun. Good, corky fun.

Gutted,

I've been trying to convince people for years that OC1s don't look like bathtubs. Then came the Ion, in pearl white!

Nice one Jeremy! Keep up the good work..

Kelvin.

LOL, one could put some faucet on it and and claw feet and then you'd have a tub...

Lappie beat me to it!

Kyle

This could be a saving grace for getting another boat. Will have to add some foam in strategic places inside, make the saddle easy to remove and we can sell it to the wife as a designer tub for the winter.

Too late, Trevor.

I just sold the wife so I could afford the boat.

I'm going to pull the gunwale line in a bit from the prototype. It should help it look less tubbish.

Form follows function.

This is perfect!

I love the idea of a quick planning hull creeker (and lets be honest the Ledge is huge and really heavy) and not being huge myself nothing really fits the bill, well maybe the Tureaue but that thing does not look like a canoe.

The Option looks like it is between a quake and a Ledge which is just what I need.

When will they be avalible?

What can you tell us about the asymetrical hull?

J. Wood

I'm hoping to have they done in time for ALF. It's going to take a big push on my part, but I think it can happen.

The asymmetrical hull... Well, if you're like me, you don't go backwards as much as you go forwards, so it makes sense to optimize it for going one direction. The chines and rocker are intended to keep the bow from getting pushed around and keep the stern engaged and behind you where it belongs. There's more volume in the bow where you need it to stay dry, and the stern rocker makes it easier to pull the bow up over waves.

I wouldn't exactly call it a planing hull either. While the center section is fairly flat, the outer chines are lifted up enough that it's not going to perform like a 'true' planing hull (probably won't flat spin on a green wave).

Lappie wrote:LOL, one could put some faucet on it and and claw feet and then you'd have a tub...

I sense the possibility for some cool decal options!

I am also excited about having this creeker be a little smaller/lighter than the L'edge. Weight is the only downside I have heard of the L'edge. That and the price of a new boat...

I hope thing work out, any ideas of shipping costs to europe?
pick up at plattling would be great:)))

Lennart wrote:I hope thing work out, any ideas of shipping costs to europe?
pick up at plattling would be great:)))

Expensive. It's the fees and surcharges and add-on costs that get you, and those are hard to predict. It's doable though.

I'll already be flying two boats over to Plattling, so bringing more isn't really realistic. Though if anyone wants to buy a composite Blackfly, I'm hoping to leave it over there.

I want one! That Ion looks like it would be really fun! Can we get these in Canada?

Shipping to Canada shouldn't be a problem.