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- Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:54 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Mike Yee outfitting question
- Replies: 5
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An added note to free floating saddles: Extend the saddle so that it passes under a couple of thwarts but don't attach the saddle to the thwarts. Leave a few inches of air between the saddle and the thwarts so that the canoe can flex. In case of a pin the saddle will contact the thwarts preventing t...
- Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:01 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Mike Yee outfitting question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3045
One advantage to a free floating saddle is that the bottom of your boat will last longer. When the canoe rides over a rock a free floating saddle will ride over the rock also. If the saddle is held down by the thwarts the canoe will flex until the rock gets to the saddle then a great deal of stress ...
- Fri Nov 28, 2003 4:56 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: good open boat
- Replies: 9
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Bill, If you're paddling Sprite Creek in an OC-1 then your doing real well. I agree with Martin that a boat made out of PE would be the way to go but I'm not too sure about the Prelude though. I've never paddled one but from the pictures and the description I don't think that I ever will. It is much...
- Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:02 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Repair cracking inside royalex Outrage
- Replies: 8
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My suggestion is to cover the cracks with a piece of vinyl. I was able to obtain some scrap vinyl from a raft manufacturer and I've been using it to repair the cracks inside the boat. Just glue it on with Vynabond like you would a D-ring patch. :) My cracks happen due to running steep creeks in an O...
- Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:15 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: how old and how long have you paddled
- Replies: 29
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I'm 65. I started paddling whitewater in 1967 in a Grumman 15 ft. canoe complete with a lake keel. I upgraded to an Old Town Tripper in the early seventies after destroying the Grumman in the rapids. I switched to paddling a C-1 in the late seventies and then back to an OC-1 about ten years later. I...
- Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:55 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: have there been many female c-1ers to run the green?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4712