Re: [Paddlewise] my boat(s)

At 11:17 PM 2/17/98 -0800, Keith Kaste wrote:

>This is potentially a great thread. I am keeping a copy of everyone's
>post who responds to the "what do you paddle" request.  So far, though,
there have only been 16 responses.  There
>must be more than 16 subscribers out there with boats.  

Solo Boats:

Mad River "ME" -- Kevlar 15'4" dated open canoe design that I don't paddle
any more.  Came out about 1976 or so.  Lots of rocker, a whitewater boat.  

Millbrook Boats "Hooter" -- 13'2" older Kevlar slalom racing open canoe
design that got replaced by newer hotter models several years back.
Massive rocker and very asymmetrical.  Too much boat for me as my shoulders
no longer allow as much offside paddling as this one requires.  I'm back to
being a stern pry paddler.  

Bell "Wildfire" -- 14'6" Carbon/Kevlar sort of a freestyle-type open canoe.
 Not whitewater.  

(ex) Perception "HD-1" -- 13'6" old Royalex highly rockered slalom style
whitewater open canoe design from about 1977.  Great boat, but way ahead of
it's time, so it died.  Has since been replaced by some other better designs. 

Several old decked C-1's but I don't paddle decked any more.  And the
designs are all so old that Rich K would just snicker... (they're even
older than that Gemini C-2 he's got.  And I'm not even going to tell you
about all the old end hole C2's I've had!).  

Tandem boats:
We-No-Nah "Oddysey" -- 18'6 Kevlar wilderness tripping open canoe, okay for
rivers, great for lakes.  

Clipper "Sea Clipper" -- 18'6" Jensen designed as an ocean going open
canoe. Doubt that it's used as one very much.  This one is Kevlar/glass and
I use it as a river wilderness tripper.  

Ralph Frese "Canadienne 17" also might still be made by Old Town.
Symmetrical open canoe, but I don't paddle this one any more as I've beat
it up too bad.  The first boat I ever owned.  Another wilderness river
tripper.  

Dagger "Venture 17" -- Royalex open canoe wilderness tripper.  Nice dry
boat for heavy whitewater rivers. ABS layup is a bit light and floppy but
still useable.  

Home built 18.5' cedar stripper -- Also used as a wilderness tripper, both
river and lakes.  

Anyone interested in my opinion of the construction and performance
characteristics can contact me and I'll respond.  

Hank Hays


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