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... "spirited discussions" :oops: . You guys were fun to watch. I NEVER could discern how anyone could roll a C2....and thanks for letting me try the Ultramax. I'll call George and see if it still exists. PS....You would NOT believe Tempe Beach Park.....You got out while the getting was good.

... of the referenced C-2M team (we were in Tempe, AZ from 1985-88), I can confirm that I gave George Wolf at ASU and his wife, Karol Oja, my old Ultramax (NOT a Cudamax) before my wife and I left Town. It was a Nittany Valley Boats layup by John Sweet that we had bought used from Jamie McEwan. ...

Chuck, Best I can remember Vladamir only had 3 C-1 molds - Jape (wings), Ultramax (his mold had a groove down the center bow and stern) and the Atlantis. I built 3 or 4 boats out of the ultramax mold - for each one he gave me a small paper ID card to laminate ...

Don't know what JRS did with his molds I guess you would have to ask him. All of my boats were black JRS boats. Including the C-2's (except the paramax, which was "local" -- ie, like #2 from the mold.) I still have 3 C-2s, none legal now, but I always refused to sell them as "sweetie boats". (No lon...

Always a pleasure to hear from you! Your JRS Ultramax was black, wasn't it? I always thought that was a very good-looking boat. Where is it now? I had heard the Mexican labor story, but did not know that it was reliable. Certainly explains the ...

... The workmanship was accordingly. I never heard that Owen Peters made any Supermaxes: Sedavec got the exclusives, & I think Peters molded the Ultramax after the kids got disgusted with the Sedavec deal. The pix look like a few (familiar looking) stress cracks & delams; hard to say how much ...

... Supermax training boats were not forthcoming from the factory, the designers simply made an improved version of the Supermax, called it the Ultramax, and made deals with other builders (Sweet, Vanha, and the guy at Apple.) The Supermax design quickly faded into slalom history. The problem ...

Supermax is a fine cruiser. Ultramax is even better. Two hundred pounds is not a big problem for either, although around 165 would be the best weight. Dutch Downey raced both models, and he must have been about 200 or more. Problem with ...

... supermax was only made by Seda - it was the second of the Max Series by Hearn, Lugbill and company. Not sure it was raced that much - because the ultramax came out - I know Bob Robinson raced an ultramax at the '79 worlds (bronze) - don't remember what Jon and Davey raced that year - either ultramax ...

... So, even if it has been stored indoors and seen little time on the river, an old Apple Boat is buying a pig in a poke. (I was given an Apple Ultramax by one racer that was dissatisfied with it after only a couple months of use. I had to reseam it before passing it on to another novice. I ...

... bit in 25 years! Then if the boat is relatively true and fair, and you really want to do more, use it as a paddlable plug to design a new boat. An Ultramax hull about 10 feet long and with a little more rocker or volume in the bow (anti-perling devices) would make a fine cruising boat for the dotage ...

... son was given an old glass "kayak" for a boathenge project at the raft company where he works. When the boat was delivered it turned out to be an Ultramax C1. It turns out that the first C1 I owned was also an ultramax (which I eventually was able to paddle okay, but never could roll), so I've ...

Steve Dunlap and I built an almost identical boat in the late '80s by cutting 5" from an Ultramax. The ends of our boat were a bit more rounded (as viewed from the top). Initially we had heel bumps in the rear deck but later added a conning tower like yours. We called ...

... Max II, and had been the hot race boat of choice for about a year prior to the 1979 Worlds. In addition, the medal winners took delivery on new Ultramax C-1s during the week prior to the Championship race...in Jonquire. The boats were delivered to them by the builder, Owen Peters. Maybe all ...

... but it will still pivot...most definitely. Good luck and keep us posted. Posted on Mar 21, 2001, 7:09 AM Cudamax was # 4 by WBT Max II, Supermax, Ultramax, Cudamax. The Cudamax was originally called the Balamax. It was a modified Ultramax, the changes having been made after the 1979 triple-medal ...