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by kilpatrickphil
Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:06 am
Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
Topic: Blue Hole OCA canoe for sale
Replies: 1
Views: 2110

Blue Hole OCA canoe for sale

I have a Blue Hole OCA canoe for sale. It is 16 feet. It is in excellent condition and has been kept in a garage for the last five years and rarely used. Call me if interested 334-345-1122. I am asking $675 but would consider any reasonable ...
by kilpatrickphil
Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:06 am
Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
Topic: Blue Hole OCA canoe for sale
Replies: 0
Views: 1448

Blue Hole OCA canoe for sale

I have a Blue Hole OCA canoe for sale. It is 16 feet. It is in excellent condition and has been kept in a garage for the last five years and rarely used. Call me if interested 334-345-1122. I am asking $675 but would consider any reasonable ...
by KNeal
Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:05 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Norse Canoe paddles
Replies: 8
Views: 3088

... blade length). They both have 7 1/2 inch blade width. The bigger one worked best when everyone was paddling bigger open canoes (think Blue Hole OCA). The boats were bigger and the saddles were higher so it was not an issue to get the whole blade in the water. As you suspect, they are much less ...
by Virgil3
Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:28 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Advice time: Please help a big guy make a good boat choice.
Replies: 19
Views: 9112

Advice time: Please help a big guy make a good boat choice.

So, grew up learning to canoe in an OCA. Then I convinced my younger brother to help me buy and ME. It was a very nice step up… 20 years ago. Currently, I have access to the ME and I have a Dimension that I paddle tandem on stuff my wife will ...
by Glenn MacGrady
Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:13 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: How has our sport changed over the years?
Replies: 21
Views: 8511

... the tire tubes and net bags full of empty plastic bottles. Elegant soloists in Old Town Trippers. A few brave boaters in the hot Blue Hole OCA. A few radicals in the ultra tippy Perception HD1 and John Berry's composite slalom boats. Hundreds and hundreds of open canoes bouncing down the ...
by philcanoe
Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:04 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: If you aren't ready to race on the Green...
Replies: 5
Views: 2282

They don't have classes for open boats. A friend of mine won the first Ocoee open boat race back in the 80s, paddling a Blue Hole OCA. I was standing around on the rocks below Tablesaw, ready with a throw rope, but no one needed it. So we be openbloaters - who all paddled for naught last ...
by ezwater
Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:18 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: If you aren't ready to race on the Green...
Replies: 5
Views: 2282

They don't have classes for open boats. A friend of mine won the first Ocoee open boat race back in the 80s, paddling a Blue Hole OCA. I was standing around on the rocks below Tablesaw, ready with a throw rope, but no one needed it.
by shenglu
Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:00 am
Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
Topic: Wanted: Tandem for river tripping
Replies: 17
Views: 6762

I have a blue hole favorable conditions OCA. I bought a Boy Scout, their first DIBS, but if they do not get it, I would be $ 550, which I paid for it to sell to you.
by chriscanoe
Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:59 am
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: alternate gunwale material?
Replies: 21
Views: 9639

I have Hickory on my OCA and it works just fine. If you are storing your boat outside, I would not put wood gunwhales on it at all. I just finished a cedar strip canoe and had the same problem finding anything over 12' in ash so I scarfed ...
by RobG4
Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:57 pm
Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
Topic: Wanted: Tandem for river tripping
Replies: 17
Views: 6762

Very nice OCA, but I'm still looking! Thanks Chris
by chriscanoe
Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:53 pm
Forum: Boats and Gear for Sale
Topic: Wanted: Tandem for river tripping
Replies: 17
Views: 6762

Blue Hole OCA

I have a Blue Hole OCA in Excelent condition. I bought it for a scout troop, and they have first dibs, but if they dont get it I will sell it to you for $550, which is what I paid for It.
by chriscanoe
Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:33 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Lets see your boat list!
Replies: 37
Views: 57116

Blue Hole Sunburst II
Dagger Encore
2 Mohawk Probe 11's
Mohawk Maxim
Esquif Detonator
Perception Mr. Clean C1 (current)
Mohawk Viper 11 (current)
Blue Hole Sunburst II tandem (current)

2 bluehole OCA's (current)
Wennonah solo plus
home made Northwest Passage solo
by philcanoe
Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:48 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Looking for canoe advise.
Replies: 24
Views: 11626

I'd also suggest something like a discovery, explorer or bluehole OCA. For what you're wanting to do they're more versatile than the the whitewater specfic boats, ie caper, caption etc. They'll also be very stable while you learn to canoe and the kids learn ...
by jc70
Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:56 pm
Forum: CBoat C Forum
Topic: Looking for canoe advise.
Replies: 24
Views: 11626

I'd also suggest something like a discovery, explorer or bluehole OCA. For what you're wanting to do they're more versatile than the the whitewater specfic boats, ie caper, caption etc. They'll also be very stable while you learn to canoe and the kids learn to enjoy the river.
by Longboatin
Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:24 pm
Forum: C Videos
Topic: Australia: Tasman Sea surfing in a 16 ft OC
Replies: 5
Views: 4391

lengthys old man used to surf big boats in the ocean, he retired after tearin his OCA in half :cry: