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i'm not really sure why the guys welded it to the outside. I was worried that it would negatively affect my paddling, but I really didn't notice and performance hits. Or maybe my paddling is already so poor that it just didn't matter...

The plate is about 1.5 x 2 ft. and is right under the saddle area in the middle of the hull. I paddled it pretty hard for about 2 seasons of Colorado mank before switching to a L'edge. I'd say maybe 30-40 trips or so. The plate could separate - that happened to my bud with the spanish fly after a lo...

I have a Pyranha version that seemed like it was cracking almost everytime I paddled it. After about the 12th or so weld under the seat, I took it to a professional welder and had a 1/4 inch PE plate welded to the bottom, outside of the hull. No more cracks under the seat. I don't really notice the ...

One of the things I forgot about is the difference in bulkhead vs. straps. Dealing with straps would always weigh in on my decision to get out and dump in a microeddy. With the full bulkhead in the ledge, it's not as big of a deal to hop in and out. +1 for no pump.

I like pumps - I don't have one in my current boat and didn't use one last season, but I'll probably go back to using one eventually. The rivers and creeks in Colorado are very continuous, so it's not always easy to find a good eddy to dump or bail. There have been many times where I've ended up in ...

Very cool Jeremy!

Any chance you'll be making it to Colorado this year (Lyons Outdoor Games, FibARK, etc...)?

To answer the OP. Dual-bilge sounds like overkill for a nitro. I would put in the biggest bags you can find and some sidewall foam and go with a single 1200 gph the others have mentioned. The 1200 gph seems to be about the right size for a playboat (takes about 15 seconds to empty my prelude when it...

The Tsunami 1200 draws juice about twice as fast as the v1250

Well that sucks (no pun intended) - I assume it's the same gph rating judging by the name. Wonder why they would make half as efficient?

I live in Longmont and sometimes head down to the ark that time of year. Bump this thread up as a reminder when your trip dates get a little closer - with a 1 year old at home, it's hard to plan anything that far in advance.

David, I prefer the old V1250 as well, but the Tsunami works fine with an SLA battery. It just takes a larger one. I think I'm using a 4.8 Ah with a Tsunami in a Spark where the V1250 took a 2.3 Ah battery. The nice thing about the Tsunami is that it press fits nicely in the space between the saddl...

Dangerous River is a great (true) story about the early explorations of the Nahanni river headwaters in the 1920s. RM Patterson is the explorer/author. Not necessarily a paddling book - more of an adventure with some paddling mixed in...

This guy seemed to have good luck with polybonder: http://playak.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=25&func=view&catid=106&id=21659 I would be curious to know if this setup has held up. The straps in my lude are bolted to the gunnel right at my hips and then run down through a hole cut in the sa...

One thing I've noticed on a lot of the online videos, youtube and such, is that a lot of people are fully extending their shaft arm out to get the most leverage. I used to do this too - and I jacked my shoulder up good doing this. Now I really concentrate on: - keeping my shaft hand on my forehead a...

There's a bunch of us oc-1 and c-1ers from the front range that head over to the Ark each summer on random weekends - usually after peak runoff.
And like cadster says, find Larry. He is right in BV and paddles the Ark all the time.

Just watched that video, that's horrid!! I think I'm done with royalex boats too - at least until the manufacturers can come up with a solution to the crappy royalex.