Obviously you are getting a wide variety of opinion on this thread... ME, I paddle an Option, and got a Spark a few months ago. I love them both, just for different reasons. It would definitely NOT be a mistake to try one of the shorter boats.
Shep
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- Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:33 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Question of Length
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9078
- Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:19 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Spark: how many thwarts?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4035
Re: Spark: how many thwarts?
The Spark that was given away at OC Nat's last week had six thwarts, counting the front and rear "grab handle" thwarts.
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:26 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Help Choosing my First WW Solo Canoe
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12808
Re: Help Choosing my First WW Solo Canoe
New Enlgand is, outside of the southeast, the BEST place to demo boats! In New Hampshire you have Blackfly and Millbrook. Try a Millbrook Shacho, Rayge, and an Esquif Spark if Kaz has one in stock. Try a Blackfly Octane 85, Ion, and Option. In Western MA, you have Zoar, which has a couple of demo Es...
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:19 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: New Paddle Suggestions
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4807
Re: New Paddle Suggestions
I haven't paddled with the full carbon, but I think the galss might be stronger. I believe the shafts are identical, and only the blade is different. Werners wear away like a pencil, but better than breaking, delaminating, etc...
- Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:42 pm
- Forum: C Videos
- Topic: BearCamp River NH
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2674
Re: BearCamp River NH
Looks like a good plastic boat line.
- Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:20 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: L'Edge re-outfitting question
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9113
Re: L'Edge re-outfitting question
Go to a home depot and buy a boring bit a little smaller than the dowel you plan to use. I have a 7/8" bit I use for 1" dowels. Drill as deep as you can into the saddle, press the dowel in, drill through the thwart and through the dowel, and bolt the two together. Does the dowel go through the sadd...
- Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:46 pm
- Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
- Topic: Canoe Shipping Question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15301
Re: Canoe Shipping Question
Yeah... Something isn't connecting. If you get a helpful person on the phone you can probably ask them what the difference is between the quotes you are getting and what everyone else is getting. I think there are usually some code words that help get things right.
- Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:25 am
- Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
- Topic: Canoe Shipping Question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15301
Re: Canoe Shipping Question
I think both Kaz and Jeremy have had good success with the dedicated Less-than-Truck-Load (LTL) companies. Kaz shipped a Spark to me via Yellow Truck Lines for less than $200 half way across the country. Might also check with ABF. They do LTL and you-pack moving. My wife and sister have used them fo...
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:08 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: open and closed designs...history?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13886
Re: open and closed designs...history?
For me, I had a chance to get into an open canoe first, and got pretty okay at it without having a roll. Once I got to that point, I didn't want to take a step backwards in skill by changing boats to something I could roll. Two years later, I went for my ACA instructor cert, and my trainer told me I...
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:39 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: We've made boats wider, can we make them skinnier?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6030
Re: We've made boats wider, can we make them skinnier?
I took 1.5-2 inches out of an Ovation... completely different boat. A little bit faster, very edgy, turned on a dime.
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:38 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Shacho west coast, 6 month check in
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3797
Re: Shacho west coast, 6 month check in
I cannot WAIT to try a Shacho. I find the comment about it being less "snappy" than a Spark intriguing... After paddling an Inferno, I find the Spark to be almost as fast and maneuverable, but without the tendancy to punish me if I do something wrong. I had assumed the Shacho would be as snappy, or ...
- Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:37 pm
- Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
- Topic: Canoe saddle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5054
Re: Canoe saddle
Definitely post a review once you've gotten it on the water! I've been wondering about that boat.
Thanks,
Shep
Thanks,
Shep
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:59 am
- Forum: C Videos
- Topic: 3 Boat Surf - Rescue
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5941
Re: 3 Boat Surf - Rescue
Tony, you don't post on the GDI FB page, do you?
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:53 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Hydra Duet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4939
Re: Hydra Duet
Never looked at a Hydra Duet, but when you consider that your center of balance will only be a few inches in front of the rear cockpit rim, the 7" difference makes sense to me.
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:44 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Thoughts on a Jackson Villain as a C1 Convert.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1891
Re: Thoughts on a Jackson Villain as a C1 Convert.
I think their saddle is okay, but the backband isn't great. I would probably build a fence-rail conversion.
Shep
Shep