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frome my experience, it is not more wet than a blast, that is for sure!! Eli(the canoe guru) when up here, paddled it and quite liked it, with different size paddlers!!

just my 2 cents.

My brother in law did that last year and it turned out prety good, at least as god as our nexus... He's over 200lbs, and his wife probably at 150ish lbs...

Good for you! So i guess you don,t need the one up here any more

I'm around 230# and got a Composit creation BullDog and it is a great boat, dry, roll back up with only a few inches of water, it is light and fast, it is 10' long, but not a creek boat, but a great all around river runner/play boat....

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I heard that big dog kayaks can come outfited as a C1...

I have a Hellman duratuff(same difference), and I,m geting ready to re paint it and I bought 1 litre of Interlux Brightside Polyurethane single part enemal paint, in a boat shop, and it was less that 50 bucks that is for sure!! Also the 2 part that Hellman use is realy hard to apply with a brush... ...

Yukon as one in is fleet of boat for teaching.... I'm sure he will chime in...

For the wood, white ash is great... ut a good old hockey stick would do just fine... An old paddle shaft, etc... I said ash cause it is a strong yet flexible wood that resist to moisture prety good... That is also the most common wood for twarts and gunwale on canoes!

Thank you Smurf... didn't read anything...

Hey Smurf, could you expand your thoughts on you stern rescue line, I'm interested to know!!!
Thank you

Never had a problem with painter rope, other than being to short some time... I use a small end bag(throw bag) on the stern of my boats, it keep the rope from getting tangle or loose when I want it to stay put! The bag is held in place, on the deck plate with a bungie. Like Yukon said, it work great...

+1 for TGG. I have played witht the Zephyr a bit, and I own an Outrage, that said, my outrage is the "X" so a bit longer that the regular outrage, but would say that it does every thing better than the Zephyr... Other than rolling, I never been abble to roll my OutrageX... I would love to try an Out...

Craig and Jeremy, don't you guys have some boat designs to work on??

Have a look at the BlackFly!
http://www.blackflycanoes.com/blackfly.php