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trasformazione temporanea k1 in c1
Frank:
I saw that you wrote "temporanea"... :-\
I would say this it not that easy as long as you want a really good C1.
Dani Ckfiumi:
--- Citazione da: Frank - Giugno 29, 2011, 07:40:39 pm ---I saw that you wrote "temporanea"... :-\
I would say this it not that easy as long as you want a really good C1.
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Frank, what about the "prototype" you spoke about saturday evening?
If I understood correctly, there is something you can use at the very beginning
.. just to try. Have you got some useful photos?
Frank:
Dani, what I talked about was not a prototype, it was about the C1/OC1-Seat that Dagger once bulit when they still were producing C1 and OC1. You can put these seats very easy in a kajak and transfer it to a C1 - but they are VERY hard to find these days.
Here you can see a modern version of this seat that a guy in California produces, just to know how something looks. The original Dagger-seat was made of plastic and had no good possibilities to adjust straps:
Adriano Bortolini:
Hello Frank,
thanks for your contribution. I logged on to the links that I've reported and there are some very interesting things. I also saw the evolution of the californian project (made of plastic and foam) beautiful, but I think very expensive like as the original project.
In any case they are useful starting points to build something more economical home made, perhaps from a fiberglass structure rather than the coast, although aesthetically beautiful, carbon fiber.
I saw the pictures of your ride on Soca, beautiful!
My experience in this field is limited to the traditional canadian canoes, rented at places like the Ardeche. I had a good control of the boat and I was fascinated by the type of paddling, so as to push me to try on a boat and smallest manageable.
Ciao!
Adriano
Frank:
Hello Adriano,
A basic start to build a C1 with glass you can see here: http://www.xekaup.de/C1_engineering.htm . I build my first C1 like this (its the Nomad of the riverrunner-link)
But as you tried an open boat first you could also start with paddling an OC1! They are way more stable than a C1 and also a bunch of fun (even if Dani doesn`t believe me ;) ) In Germany at least you can buy used ones for a reasonable price. I also have one to sell, a Dagger Quake, this is the most stable and easiest rolling boat that I know. A great riverrunner that is not produced anymore. :'( The only downside of this boat is that it is very "wet" as we say, meaning that it takes over alot of water. But I could build a pump for you like I use it in my actual open boat. http://www.wildwasserboard.de/t1312f12-Dagger-Quake.html For 600 € you could have it including airbags.
Here you can see what can be done with an Quake and with other beautiful OC1!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmnypny/2331197567
Cheers !
Frank
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