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Not mine. $400.

Moving to a smaller place; no room for the fleet.

Selling my Rex Appeal. Lightweight racing C1. Very low mileage, very good condition. Great boat but to tell the truth it's more boat then I am boater. I enjoyed it as it magnified all my mistakes and made me a better boater.

Specs:
A slalom C-1 with ...

... of which seemed to have duct taped sterns)

Then a succession of C-1s:

Rex Appeal C-1
Upstream Edge Fanatic II
Dagger Cascade
Wavesport Forplay C-1
Pyranha Micro 240 C-1 (rough!)
Riot Groove (plastic)
Necky Blunt C-1
Millbrook Super Dynamic (blue)
Millbrook Super Dynamic (black)
Galasport Shubak ...

... really comfortable in it.

After that . . . switched to C-1 and an old Rex Appeal (Bruce Lessels design) that had been Jamie McEwan's. It had very questionable outfitting, and whenever I flipped over, I'd fall out. It also had a very fragile stern that had a lot of duct tape holding it in place. At ...

... machine.

the next year I learned to roll a C-1 slalom boat called the Rex Appeal. Duct tape kept the stern following me through the rapids. For two years now I have been c-1ing, and occasionally open boating. my favorite open boat is the Millbrook Ignitor, and my favorite decked boat is the one I ...

... Two "Cam Buckles" (2") that Bill Lowman gave me when I bought his old Rex Appeal (These seem impossible to find but I have discovered a company called "The Rain Shed Inc: Outdoor Fabrics and Supplies" that has them in a catalogue. [phone 541-753-8900] Lots of other cool stuff).

One 6' length of 2 ...

... Glass C-1 for 200+ lbs
by Bill Lowman
I have a glass C-1 called the Rex Appeal, designed
by Bruce Lessels for big paddlers (Bruce is about
6'6" and so am I -- he paddles a "little" better than me). Boat was built by John Kaz and has
an extra large cockpit to accomodate long legs.

I paddled the ...