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Robson Finkenmeister and CUFly pages have (finally) been added in C1 Rec Boats and OC Rec Boats, respectively.

Here is a translation of a reply I got from a German paddler about the Finkenmeister after posting a few questions on a German website: 'Hi Martin, I paddled the Finkenmeister a few times in some easier eddies. The boat does not work for me. I felt more like ...

I'll try and have the images posted Monday night. It'll be nice to finally have the Finkenmeister up there:).

I saw the "Finkenmeister" this weekend at the Fest and its, well different! Since I didn't paddle it (just sat in it) I can't post on how it performs. However, the outfitting was very comfortable and the design approach has some ...

... a little concerned about what appears to be a low volume and narrow stern. Regarding comparisons to the Atom, the Atom is 9'8" versus 9'2" for the Finkenmeister. That's a big difference. SYOTR, Bruce Farrenkopf bpkopf@comcast.net

:D I just got a look at the Finkenmeister and it looks terrific for starters. 9'2" is short enough to handle all but the tightest of creeks. The boat has a relatively wide stance and has a wide cockpit to improve stability and enhance control. ...

The problem I see with the finkenmeister is that it fills a fairly small market of paddlers. It sounds a little big and long for a great creeker, and doesn't seem to have anything going for it over the current crop of easily converted ...

Hi, a few month ago, a guy called Steffan has written the following comment on the Finkenmeister in the c-boater.com forum: "I paddled the boat once in Thun. It is a very big boat. It is such as high as a openboat. For me it is to big. It is a good Riverrunner told ...

I'm not sure if this has been covered, but this website has a photo of the beast towards the bottom of the page: http://www.robsonpaddle.de/boat/kajak_e.html And Bruce, if you decide to go long, I've got a Cascade that's spending far too much time in the garage and would love to see some good whitew...

Hypothetically, if we could arrange a "group buy" on Finkenmeisters, how many folks would commit? Normal price is $969, and I'm not sure what sort of minimum number of boats, or price discount there would be. Also, I realize the boat has the same basic specs as an Atom (has anyone paddled both that ...

Hello Everyone, We are the north american distristributor for all the products here in the USA and Canada. Yes, our offices are located in Canada but be take care of the entire US and Canada. Please contact us for information regarding this product, and yes it is a special order product from our com...

Bruce, I found this boat on Robsons website (they are indeed aGerman company and their paddles have a good reputation in Europe) this spring, and tried pretty hard to get my hands on one to demo. Unfortunately the Canadian distributor of Robson does not carry it in his line up, as he does not see en...

Don Williams mentioned the Robson Finkenmeister in the topic 'Looking for a GOOD C1 for Creeking'. He gave the dimensions of the boat (Length 9'2", Width 28.75", Volume 74 gal, Weight 42 lbs, cockpit 23 x 22") and they sound good to me! Imagine ...

Last spring there was a bit of discussion about the Finkenmeister from Robson, but no one had paddled it or even seen one in the flesh. The stats would seem to indicate that it would be a very nice creek boat, lots of volume but much shorter than the ...

... - I've abused that boat for 10 years and it was wearing thin. I'm now in the market for a new creekboat. I found some discussion of the Robson Finkenmeister on this site, but no real details. Does anyone out there have one? Is it a good creek boat for a larger person? (205 lbs.) Alternatively, ...