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As for rolling in whatever size rapid, it is for me 90+ percent mental. I have to remember to stay in the boat because I learned to paddle before people rolled canoes and the instinct for a while was to kick away. Another observation about tucking forward. It not only helps you get oriented but prot...

Re. The Overflow X was designed at a time when people believed that a lot of volume and no sharp edges made for good creek and river handling. We are over that by now. Not necessarilly. I paddle both displacement and planing hulls and like them both for different reasons. The boat is 10 feet long so...

Thanks for your input. Your experience Cheajack seems identical to mine so far. The boat is tippy because the bottom is so rounded, so a low seat (and resulting discomfort) is needed. I just need to get it to the pool and do a bunch of roll practice in it to see if I have tweaked the outfitting corr...

Boats:
Mad River Outrage
Savage Superfly
Phantom
Overflow X C-1

Paddler: 6 feet (actually 5'11 3/4" after compressing vertebra) 180 lbs. inseam 32"

Paddle: 60-nch Perception Horizon Line, )but I have worn at least 1 inch off the end, so 59") Need a new one.

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I was given one by a friend and have been working on the outfitting. It had almost none in it (other than the pedestal) and I have installed a bulkhead, knee pads, ankle blocks and hip pads. Seems to be a good fast boat that should be good for creeks. It definitely turns a little better than the Cas...

Louie,

I will camp a night or two if there is not room to flop in the banquet hall. May camp anyway depending on the weather due to the likely late-night partying at the event space (which I also hope to participate in)

This is suppposed to be under the Voyageur liquidated post.

NOC stocks two grades, a lower priced PVC-coated nylon and a higher grade urethane coated nylon. So far so good with the cheaper ones. I have one that has lasted 18 months with no leaks and just bought another. Hopes this helps!

Can anyone recommend a book that covers the whitewater runs in this area? It would be neat to get one and preview some of the runs? Check out Monte Smith's book on the Obed Emory system (Cumberland plateau) His book Southeastern Whitewater also includes a lot of East Tenn. streams. Pray for rain as ...

Please make more videos and post them. I linked this one over on Boatertalk and the kayakers (and open boaters) over there loved it.

www.boatertalk.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_qBovy9ag

This was posted below but I am bringing it back to the top since it has to be some of the best OC1 footage I have ever seen of class V creeks and big water. Way to go, bathtuboy!

If the bulkhead outfitting is done right you should not need any straps. I agree with the recommendations. Carve out enough of the bulkhead so you can get your knees spread wide, and maybe consider re-installing the foot braces with a foam extension on the back of the seat if necessary. I don't know...

The time I ran the Lower Rocky Broad I got spun by a hole and went down Redneck backwards. My stern his an underwater boulder, ejecting me over the stern airbag and into eddy under a cave, where the boat landed next to me, upright and virtually dry. Three weeks ago I was running Boxcar Falls on the ...

We need something catchy so here are a few ideas I came up with yesterday while paddling the (upper) Green. Feel free to vote on these or add your own, and be creative.

TenneC-Fest 07

CanoeLenoirC-ty

CanoeAroo (like Bonaroo)

C-Plateaufest

T-gripasaurus