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by TheKrikkitWars
Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:49 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Hip pads...
Replies: 11
Views: 5698

Re: Hip pads...

primary goal: stay upright Hip pads defeat that goal in my opinion for hard creeking so I refuse to install them. For the same reasoning, I like to have loose hip-pads, enough to give me extra support if I'm leaning right over... But not in contact till I'm at the limit of my range of motion (as co...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:45 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Recall of WSRI helmets: Trident and Moment
Replies: 12
Views: 4165

Re: Recall of WSRI helmets: Trident and Moment

Check it against the numbers identified in Kneel's repost of the recall notice above? That would be my first port of call...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:19 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: open and closed designs...history?
Replies: 29
Views: 13885

Re: open and closed designs...history?

Apparently, you missed the whole point of Adam's post there... Shame really, as it was pretty impressive insight to derive that from two short, sarcastic posts. Anyway, you could have just said "I think you're incorrect"... It would have communicated your intent much more clearly and I wouldn't have...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:20 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: open and closed designs...history?
Replies: 29
Views: 13885

Re: open and closed designs...history?

I started paddling canoes in 1973. I have never been a kayaker or a rafter. I do extended canoe trips in Canada. I do canoeing triathlons. Yet I paddle C1 when I paddle WW, imagine that. Rand *Breaking News*: Tautologists have discovered that generalisations give an approximate overview of the gene...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: open and closed designs...history?
Replies: 29
Views: 13885

Re: open and closed designs...history?

From this it would seem that it's not quite so clear cut... I have a suspicion that it would be truer to say that people who come from an open canoe background prefer OC1's and people from a whitewater background (especially if they were already adept on whitewater in a kayak or on a raft) tend towa...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:24 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: C1 Outfitting
Replies: 2
Views: 1822

Re: C1 Outfitting

Have a look at your strap position... The further back the rear attachment point, and the closer to your crotch the forward attachment point the more securely you'll be held down. Also, playboats generally benefit from deep bulkheads, mine comes right up to my quick release for the straps, just in f...
by TheKrikkitWars
Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:24 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Helmets...
Replies: 5
Views: 2524

Re: Helmets...

If it fits the Sweet Rocker (or the trooper, which is identical but for the goggle strap) is more or less the gold standard, they also tend to be really long-lived (I had my first one for 7 years before taking a hit big enough to make me retire it)... the Shred Ready Standard however is almost as go...
by TheKrikkitWars
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:53 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: jefe as a c1?
Replies: 3
Views: 4370

Re: jefe as a c1?

I'd say that if your paddling style suits it, the jefe/grande are two of the best c1's out there... but, it's led by the nose somewhat, so you have to stay on top of it all the time; want to carve a tight turn? you've got to use strokes on both sides to initiate and drive the boat through... Want to...
by TheKrikkitWars
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:32 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: open and closed designs...history?
Replies: 29
Views: 13885

Re: open and closed designs...history?

I paddle mainly C1, I enjoy my oc's and its good for technique and river reading; but just not practical with the rivers i'm paddling and the groups i'm with (all kayakers usually). Its group speed thats the issue, as we tend to read and run/blue angel down everything (including a fair bit of class ...
by TheKrikkitWars
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:24 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: jefe as a c1?
Replies: 3
Views: 4370

Re: jefe as a c1?

Works well, I had one for some time, then moved up to a grande as i put on some muscle bulk (nearly 30#). I'll add more info later, on break at work currently.
by TheKrikkitWars
Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:39 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: We've made boats wider, can we make them skinnier?
Replies: 11
Views: 6030

Re: We've made boats wider, can we make them skinnier?

I've finally got round to temporarily pulling/pushing my prelude to make it swedeform, it's been pulled in 2" at the front (with extra thwarts at 8" [7.5" wide] and 22" [16.5" wide] from the bow) the front stock position thwart is the normal width (24") and the rear stock thwart has been widened to ...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:08 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Boofing and Leaning?
Replies: 1
Views: 1514

Boofing and Leaning?

OK, so conventional wisdom is that you have to lean forward to boof and that leaning back will kill it. However, the "Late Boof" requires that a kayaker keeps their torso upright and pressure on the blade up until the desired moment of release and then they reach forward as normal... Transferring th...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:07 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Deck the hulls with scraps of fabric; Falala La La. . .
Replies: 21
Views: 9183

Re: Deck the hulls with scraps of fabric; Falala La La. . .

I've seen people use a "big deck" size neo spraydeck on an esquif salsa, and a bloke (Bob of concept racing) made use of his fabrication company to make an aluminium deck with a cockpit that he riveted to his Zoom... But I'm left wondering, 'if you're doing that why not just use a C1?' Open canoes a...
by TheKrikkitWars
Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:56 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: The Most Insanely Easy To Roll Canoe Ever Created
Replies: 5
Views: 4809

Re: The Most Insanely Easy To Roll Canoe Ever Created

The CU-Fly is the easiest to roll, for me at least.

Now thats a phrase you're not going to hear very often!
by TheKrikkitWars
Wed May 15, 2013 10:37 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Rolling in Holes
Replies: 19
Views: 6082

Re: Rolling in Holes

Keep Calm and Roll More... 95% of the time, it's about being willing to take a long, hard beating and just keep trying to roll, until the thrashing gets you into the outflow and straightens you up enough to roll... Taking a beating is a massively overlooked skill and it's one which makes a big diffe...