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by Jim Michaud
Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:18 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: OC videos (professional)
Replies: 18
Views: 5812

Re: OC videos (professional)

Solo Open Whitewater Canoeing
by Jim Michaud
Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:52 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Winter in the Grand Canyon
Replies: 26
Views: 12207

Re: Winter in the Grand Canyon

Why put up so many photos? I am trying to drum up interest for a all OC1 supported trip in the next few years!
I would be interested but not in December or January (Too cold for me). I know the Grand Canyon well, having done 28 non-commercial trips. Most of them were in an OC-1, C-1 or C-2.

Jim
by Jim Michaud
Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:54 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: we've come quite far...
Replies: 4
Views: 1731

Re: we've come quite far...

Back in the Gruman days we never had any floatation. We never had thigh straps either so if we tipped over, our heads would seldom go underwater. Helmets weren't worn until thigh straps became fashionable. One or more of the more experienced paddlers in the group would carry a 50-foot, half inch dac...
by Jim Michaud
Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:29 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: A better question: What boat do you paddle 90% of the time
Replies: 73
Views: 28231

Outrage-X, unless my grandson is paddling with me. He always ends up with the Outrage-X and I end up paddling anything else that floats.
by Jim Michaud
Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:18 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Lets see your boat list!
Replies: 37
Views: 56458

* Still have. Grumman 15' with lake keel OC-2 Old Town Tripper OC-2 Prijon Super Slalom K-1 Prijon Super Slalom K-1 Sweet Hahn C-1 Morrison Hahn C-1 Whitesell Piranha OC-1 Blackwater C-1 Whitesell Piranha OC-1 Hydra Duet C-2 * Morrison Hahn C-1 Whitesell Piranha OC-1 Whitesell Piranha OC-1 Dagger Ca...
by Jim Michaud
Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:24 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Gauley Season
Replies: 42
Views: 12922

9/10,11,12 - Upper Gauley :)
Camping at Battle Run (50% discount) under the name of Jim Michaud or Frank Yulling.

9/13,14,15,16 - Upper Yough :D
Camping at Piney Mtn.

Not going to the Gauley Fest (too crowded). :x
by Jim Michaud
Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:30 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Whitesell Piranha
Replies: 19
Views: 16722

I don't think that it would make a great boat for lake paddling with your kids. Due to the rounded hull it has no initial stability so it's very unstable if you try to sit on top of the saddle or on a thwart. It's a very forgiving boat in big rapids though, even when it's full of water.
by Jim Michaud
Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:13 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Looking for info about Mad River Outrage
Replies: 16
Views: 7421

I consider the Outrage as the best OC-1 that I've ever paddled. It has enough of an edge that it still carves into eddies without being grabbed and flipped by edges that are too sharp. I much prefer a boat that's easy to paddle from the get-go rather than one that I have to learn to paddle. For that...
by Jim Michaud
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:53 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Anybody bought a bilge system from this guy?
Replies: 7
Views: 4141

cheajack wrote: You don't need a fuse using an SLA battery . Do you want to fry a 0.35 cent fuse or a $38.95 bilge pump motor? I'm thinking you would prefer the fuse. A fuse holder is not much money for the protection. You can cut corners and get away with it most of the time, but eventually murphy...
by Jim Michaud
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:31 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Your ultimate 'quiver' of boats...
Replies: 42
Views: 18896

I'll never come close to catching up to you, Adam. Several of my boats are donations from people that have reached their sixties and think that they're too old to paddle anymore. I did a recount and I actually have eighteen boats in my back yard. I also keep a canoe in Flagstaff and one in Boise for...
by Jim Michaud
Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:22 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Your ultimate 'quiver' of boats...
Replies: 42
Views: 18896

River Runner: Outrage-X
Creeker: Outrage
Play: Caption
BIG Water: Whitesell

Sorry about the fourth boat. With eighteen boats in my back yard I don't know how I could possibly live with only three. :o
by Jim Michaud
Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:50 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Pre-Tandemonium 2011. UY Friday July 22nd.
Replies: 7
Views: 2159

I'll be running the UY on Friday, Saturday and Monday that weekend. I'll be the old geezer paddling a purple Outrage-X and wearing a green helmet.

Jim
by Jim Michaud
Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:15 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: NEED ADVISE ON OLD SCHOOL BOATS VALUE
Replies: 10
Views: 4408

Several years back I bought a Sweet Hahn for $150. Since then I've been given three more Hahns and a couple of high volume C-2s. It seems like a lot of guys reaching their sixties think that they're too old to paddle anymore. :o Outside of Charlie Walbridge and myself I know of no one else that like...
by Jim Michaud
Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:25 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Open Canoe Painter Lines
Replies: 48
Views: 24435

One of my favorite tricks while swimming is to push my canoe to one side of a midstream rock and swim to the other side while holding on to the end of the painter. After meeting up with the canoe in the eddy I can usually climb up on the rock, empty the canoe then hop back in. This worked real well ...
by Jim Michaud
Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:22 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Dagger Encore opinions?
Replies: 4
Views: 3034

Dagger Encore opinions?

I’m thinking of buying an Encore at a pretty good price. I’ve never paddled one so what are your opinions as to whether I would like this boat. How does it compare to the MR Outrage which is my favorite boat?

Jim