Decked Canoes, Open Canoes, as long as they're canoes!
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chuck naill
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by chuck naill Sun May 10, 2015 5:02 pm
I found a one owner, stored inside, BH Sunburst with Aluminum gunnels and in my favorite color scheme, yellow.
While I know I am going backwards, that I have other modern boats/c-1's including a Black Fly, on the way, I just had to have this one because my first solo boats was a badly beaten Sunburst that paddled until the bottom final gave way to the Perception saddle.
I cannot wait until the little ones get a turn at this old concept of a white water boat.....
Pray for me..................
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by Paddle Power Mon May 11, 2015 5:23 pm
Once you get it we want to see photos!
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by clt_capt Mon May 11, 2015 5:24 pm
ha ha - I'd love an old OCA - talk about old school...
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by chuck naill Mon May 11, 2015 8:18 pm
Paddle Power wrote: Once you get it we want to see photos!
They worked well on Daddy's Creek, ledges section of the Tellico, and Sinks section of the Little also. Of course, back then, I thought it was a great creek boat.
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by NickParker Mon May 11, 2015 10:17 pm
chuck naill wrote: ... BH Sunburst ... cannot wait until the little ones get a turn ...
Chuck it sounds like fun. How are you going to outfit it? Seats, triple saddle, kneeling thwarts, etc?
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by chuck naill Tue May 12, 2015 1:04 am
NickParker wrote: chuck naill wrote: ... BH Sunburst ... cannot wait until the little ones get a turn ...
Chuck it sounds like fun. How are you going to outfit it? Seats, triple saddle, kneeling thwarts, etc?
Nick,
I am not sure. It has a slat seat with double thigh straps as we used to use.
I remember Juanita Quinn paddling an OCA by turning it backwards with no thigh straps on all the Plateau creeks and rivers.
If the deal goes through as expected, I will post photos.
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by chuck naill Tue May 12, 2015 1:07 am
clt_capt wrote: ha ha - I'd love an old OCA - talk about old school...
Yes, I paddled tandem my first trip down the Ocoee with Bill Scarborough (Billy Bob) in the stern of an OCA. One of my favorite runs on that river.
Thanks, it will be an old experience paddling a 14' boat....
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by Paddle Power Tue May 12, 2015 5:32 pm
please remind me, my mind is failing to recall what OCA stands for...
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by chuck naill Wed May 13, 2015 11:15 am
Paddle Power wrote: please remind me, my mind is failing to recall what OCA stands for...
Brian,
Not sure about what the "a" stand for, but seems like I heard it meant "all purpose". Open Canoe All Purpose (OCA) is my best guess. I'll ask Juanita Guinn next time we paddle.
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by clt_capt Thu May 14, 2015 1:44 am
Paddle Power wrote: please remind me, my mind is failing to recall what OCA stands for...
Actually it referred to the original Bluehole Open Canoe - Open Canoe Aluminum (ie: Aluminum Gunnels) - There was also OC-V for vinyl gunnels.
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by Paddle Power Thu May 14, 2015 2:34 am
Thanks, that was what I was trying to recall -- Open Canoe Aluminum.
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by chuck naill Thu May 14, 2015 3:06 am
Never heard that, thank you for the explanation.
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by chuck naill Fri May 15, 2015 5:31 pm
Well, I have it from the source, Juanita Guinn. The OCA does not mean aluminum. It means open canoe model A. The wooden gunnel was an open canoe model B. There was no vinyl gunneled OCA as I suspected, but did not want to say without checking.
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by sbroam Fri May 15, 2015 7:15 pm
I've got an OCA on the trailer with vinyl gunwales - it's got decks to fit so I'm pretty sure they are original. Serial number indicates 1986.
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by Paddle Power Tue May 19, 2015 5:30 pm
Well, I hope we can figure this all out and get to bottom of it.
