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What sort of Boat do you paddle???

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  • 06-02-2010 9:36pm
    #1
    dubes
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭


    What boat/boats do you usually paddle?

    I could make a poll but theres too many types!!!


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    #2
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    I paddle K1 or K2 racing boats usually . . .

    Sometimes i mess about on a weir in a creek boat, when the waters high . . .

    And the occasional trip in a wavehopper!

    ;)


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    dubes
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭dubes


    thetonynator wrote: »
    I paddle K1 or K2 racing boats usually . . .

    Sometimes i mess about on a weir in a creek boat, when the waters high . . .

    And the occasional trip in a wavehopper!

    ;)


    What sort of K1 do you have?


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    thetonynator
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    a long pointy fast one, called a nelo vanquish . . . ;)


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    Dutchie
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭Dutchie


    thetonynator wrote: »
    a long pointy fast one, called a nelo vanquish . . . ;)

    its a pity you can't paddle it fast!


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    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    Dutchie wrote: »
    its a pity you can't paddle it fast!


    Is that what you think of all thomastown paddlers??? :D


    Wait til the season starts!!!:D

    Donegal: 3 weeks to go!!!


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    hitlersson666
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭hitlersson666


    i mostly use this http://www.greatoutdoors.ie/shopping_admin/product_details/product.cgi?product=GT&cat=Kayaking%20and%20Canoeing&sub=Kayaking%20and%20Canoeing--White%20Water%20Kayaks wished i owned one :(


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    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    hitlersson666 wrote: »
    i mostly use this http://www.greatoutdoors.ie/shopping_admin/product_details/product.cgi?product=GT&cat=Kayaking%20and%20Canoeing&sub=Kayaking%20and%20Canoeing--White%20Water%20Kayaks wished i owned one :(


    i was going to suggest a whipround but then i saw the price . . .:(


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    hitlersson666
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    haha i guess i'll just have to save


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    #10
    kieranfitz
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    A sit on top frenzy


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    Brian?
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    Bliss Stick Mac1, not that I've been paddling it much the last while.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    sineadgalway
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭sineadgalway


    an old town canadian and also do some sea kayaking but had to buy a new laptop instead of a boat:(


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    hunnymonster
    Registered Users Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭hunnymonster


    I think we're confused in our house, we've 9 different kayaks in the shed :-(


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    se conman
    Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭se conman


    I have a bic ouassou and a madrivercanoe adventure 14 .As we just go hopping weirs for fun , we will use anything that floats from sitons to old fiberglass canoes.


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    Zuppy
    Registered Users Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Zuppy


    hunnymonster wrote: »
    I think we're confused in our house, we've 9 different kayaks in the shed :-(


    Your oh so lucky there...... :D:D


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    ec18
    Registered Users Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭ec18


    usually a juice, outlaw or other similar river runner


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    theboat
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭theboat


    I'm a huge fan of the outlaw for river-running. Good for surfing too!
    What I really want is a Burn, though it seems that everyone else does too!


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    drBill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭drBill


    Necky Jive on rivers. Good compromise between river runner and playboat, very happy with it.
    Perception Carolina on the sea. Almost as wide as it is long but comfortable for long paddles in any conditions and with lots of storage. A good solid choice for a first boat but would probably trade up at this stage if I could manage more time on the sea.


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    ozt9vdujny3srf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭ozt9vdujny3srf


    A Dagger Nomad and a Jackson All-Star :D (GP Boats)


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    joey100
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    When paddling with my mates either playboating or running smaller white water rivers, a perception spin. The last ever playboat made by perception and if you can fit in it quite possibly the best small playboat ever! When instructing usually paddle a mamba 8.0 and when running big rivers usually a mamba 7.5.

    Come from a family of paddlers so usually have a big choice of boats! On last count about 10 plastic boats and 3 fibreglass in the back garden.


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    cyrusdvirus
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    @ Truckle.. What's the Nomad like? I've been in a Mamba a few times and an older pyrahna burn. I like the mamba but for some reason a nomad (which i've never been in so don't have a clue how they are for a relative novice like myself) is the one i'm drawn to puchasing. Mrs Crash has her eye on a Mamba


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    kayaksurfbum
    Registered Users Posts: 700 ✭✭✭kayaksurfbum


    Mega Vanquish
    riot Inferno


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    ozt9vdujny3srf
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    Hi Gatecrash, The nomad is a full on roundy hulled creek boat (for steep pool drop type rivers, like the clare glens), it's pyranha equivalent is the karnali. The Burn and the Mamba are planing hulled river running boats (for rivers like the annamoe, glen mac nass, upper liffey), so they are quite different. The nomad's hull has pretty much been designed to be as predictable and forgiving as possible, and it has all the safety features a full on creek boat should have (step-out solid centre pillar, loads of grab loops). However its a very different style of paddling to boats like the mamba or the burn, which are less forgiving, but have the benefits of having a boat with rails (wich means edging has a much more dramatic effect on how the boat handles).

    I'm no expert on the gear, but imo that there is no way the mamba is 200 euros better then a burn, or the Nomad is 200 euros better then the Karnali.



    :)


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    christramp
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭christramp


    :pac:River run and creek in a Wavesport habitat and playboat in a Riot Flair - Family fun in a 17 foot Coleman canadian


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    #25
    dubes
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭dubes


    Nelo Vanquish 3

    brilliant!!


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    adrianshanahan
    Registered Users Posts: 502 ✭✭✭adrianshanahan


    Knox Purring Self-denial wrote: »
    Hi Gatecrash, The nomad is a full on roundy hulled creek boat (for steep pool drop type rivers, like the clare glens), it's pyranha equivalent is the karnali. The Burn and the Mamba are planing hulled river running boats (for rivers like the annamoe, glen mac nass, upper liffey), so they are quite different. The nomad's hull has pretty much been designed to be as predictable and forgiving as possible, and it has all the safety features a full on creek boat should have (step-out solid centre pillar, loads of grab loops). However its a very different style of paddling to boats like the mamba or the burn, which are less forgiving, but have the benefits of having a boat with rails (wich means edging has a much more dramatic effect on how the boat handles).

    I'm no expert on the gear, but imo that there is no way the mamba is 200 euros better then a burn, or the Nomad is 200 euros better then the Karnali.



    :)

    Hi Knox Purring Self-denial,

    Without any diss respect ment allot of what you said is mixed up and incorrect.

    Adrian


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    #27
    christramp
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭christramp


    I think Truckle has made a few good points and they are his opinion, everyone has one and are entitled to them. I think it would be best to post your own opinions otherwise it may discourage people from posting their views;););););););)


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    ozt9vdujny3srf
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    adrianshanahan wrote: »
    Hi Truckle,

    Without any diss respect ment allot of what you said is mixed up and incorrect.

    Adrian

    I don't think it's fair to make a sweeping comment like that without explaining yourself. Reading over my post, The only inaccuracy is that I implied that the karnali has a full on displacement hull like the nomad, as opposed to a softened planing hull. I would consider it pyranha's competition with he nomad though.


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    Recon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭Recon


    I have a Riot Disco and a Dagger Vertigo


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    Cian92
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭Cian92


    A dagger GT. Great for white water, surfing and river running. Borrow one for long flatwater kayaking.


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    youngblood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭youngblood


    Have a Bic Bilbao, but feel to need to migrate to a proper kayak at this stage! Possibly a dagger of some sort so if you guys have one in mind lemme know!


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