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Merganser
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:15 am
by Einar
Agree on the Merganser but they are really really difficult to find. If you own one then I only know of two.
Re: Whitesell Piranha
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:26 am
by Yukon
I am sure Clipper still has the mold. Mine is 20 years old and the day it was going to be on the water for the first time I endered my truck on top of it over a 100ft embankment. Paddled it the next day
Re: Whitesell Piranha
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:28 am
by Yukon
Re: Whitesell Piranha
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:55 pm
by Paddle Power
A Whitesell Piranha or Clipper Challenger would make a fine whitewater tripping canoe.
Quick google search revealed:
https://www.cboats.net/cforum3/viewtopic.php?t=7965060" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://cboats.net/cforum3/viewtopic.php?t=7966603" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.beavercanoeclub.org/newsletters/jul10.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
see page 10
Re: Whitesell Piranha
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:10 pm
by Pierre LaPaddelle
Yukon wrote:I think the Clipper Merganser is much better Tandem than a Tandem Whitesell.
Well, yes. No argument from me.
(Beware -- thread hijackers at work here! But I'll play!)
I paddled a Merganser for years (did you count mine, Einar?) It needed a lotta work, so I just sold it a few weeks ago, in a quiver-clearing frenzy. I'll prob'ly regret that.
Too many differences to compare the two boats -- the Merganser's a foot longer, and much wider. Insanely stable, and incredibly surfable. And much more capability as a tripper. An all-time great hull!
But, jus' sayin' -- the Piranha makes for a very playable tandem boat. It's just too good to sawzall up and haul to the dump. May Nolan Whitesell's contributions long endure -- ON the water.
(My buddies told me there was no way we could bounce a composite tandem boat over Last Drop without damaging it. Hah!)