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Bob P, that is a kind offer and I would like to test paddle it sometime. I really like testing out different hulls. I don't see myself getting down to NOC anytime soon unfortunately - I am constrained on travel for paddling with middle and high school age kids each in sports, which is why I so often...

"Adam, just loan me your Amoeba for a while and I'd be glad to do a comparison." My latest race boat design is similar to the Amoeba (based on the same Estanguet race boat) except with lower stern volume and dimensioned legal for slalom. It's currently stored in Bryson City. I'll be going down there...

Russell-so glad you are liking the Hornet. After talking with you, I felt like you would enjoy the speed factor.Tell everyone that we still have another one in the same condition for sale
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Vann Evans

Adam, just loan me your Amoeba for a while and I'd be glad to do a comparison. :-) I paddled the Hornet again last night - the speed is a bit intoxicating. I easily made a power move onto a wave using only cross forward strokes, where normally I have to switch hands to let me power onto that wave us...

Great review - thank you for taking the time to share!

Now I'm even more curious to hear what you'd think of an Amoeba;)

So, I purchased a Hornet (made by Millbrook - in near new condition) and a Magnet (made by Valley Mill Boats - well used but a lot of life left) this past weekend, funnily enough each from around Chapel Hill NC. I'd been looking at each hull for a while. First, ...

Excellent condition. Stored inside. $300. Skirt $50 if you need one. Located in Chapel Hill, NC. Call Jack-919-949-4576 or cheajack@bellsouth.net.

History!

SOLD : Valley Mills Magnet C-1. This is a glass and Kevlar layup with mini cell walls and pedestal. Boat is about 15 yrs old, but has been lightly used and garage-kept. It has not been in the water since 2003??. This is a modified ...

... had paddled it mostly on shallow class II runs and a good bit of the gelcoat was gone and the cloth abraded through in several places. I had the Magnet C-1 now owned by Sir Adam and pitoned it so hard once that the cockpit rim bruised the tops of my thighs, but not even a chip in the bow.

... me time and allows for stretching and enjoying the river more. One point that never fails is that where ever I position myself it seems to be a magnet to other boaters. Not a big deal based on my success rate but funny to watch. Good luck - Me I'd just get out of the boat to fish.

My father-in-law (kayaker) and Ed Caudill (C-1er) were my early paddling mentors. Ed paddled a Gyramax till he got a Magnet, but kept the Gyramax for enders in the "Pop-Up Hole" on the Saluda, which was notorious for grinding off the right side of the noses of long boats and, perhaps ...

A good symmetrical design like the Magnet is a wonderful thing. Whether trim deviations are deliberate through dynamic leans, or inadvertent through seat placement, the boat tolerates it much better. A swedeform is much fussier. A swedeform ...

... round or roly poly, are *functionally* very stable. They might feel a bit soft, but not "tippy". Examples I would cite are the Hahn and the Magnet, both relatively full from end to end, and both very close to symmetrical. As c-boats and the kayaks from which they were "converted" evolved, ...

I didn't realize it at the time but my Phoenix "Seewun" was fostering bad habits, failing to foster good ones.

Should've bought a Magnet.