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c1 playboat 18 years 5 months ago #10492

i am looking to make a c1 play boat out of fibreglass do you have to strap urself in to be able to roll a c1 or is there another way because i dont realy want to be strapped in incase i have to swim

can anyone help?:think:

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Re:c1 playboat 18 years 5 months ago #10493

Well, technically it is possible to make a really tight outfitting that allows you to use your legs to stay in the boat.

See also: www.biothinking.com/superspud/

Although in the end this guy also did put in straps.


HTH,

Michiel

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Re:c1 playboat 18 years 5 months ago #10494

thanks for the quick reply

do the straps prevent you from getting out of ur boat?or can you just take your legs out of them without having to undo anything

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Re:c1 playboat 18 years 5 months ago #10496

I have found that when you are trying to stay in the straps keep you there. When I want to get out I twist my feet off the stirups and then I am able to slide back and get out easy. I use the rodeo strap system from Northwater. There is an upper and lower strap in the system so you are in pretty tight if they are set up right.

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Re:c1 playboat 18 years 5 months ago #10510

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i used foam outfitting on my spanishfly rolled fine i did add straps once was happy. they hold you in more tightly makesure you use a decen quick release buckle. on my c1 squirt ive made a foam suicide block which comes over my thighs and is held down by the spraydeck. and a velcro lap belt which holds me in tightly and helps rolling cartwheeling etc. there are pictures of the squirt outfitting in a post further down labelled slalom c1 i think if not there in the gallery under my user name!

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Re:c1 playboat 18 years 3 months ago #11843

you can make a foam bulkhead to hold you in
check cboats.net they have an outfitting section or
www.openplayboater.co.uk/c1_outfitting1.htm
or
www.open-canoe.de/open-sucks/outfitting.html

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Re:c1 playboat 18 years 3 months ago #11845

If your in the uk then go down to whitewater:the canoe centre in shepperton and speak to the guy in charge, his names george and wot he dosent know about c1 is, not worth knowing

their website is www.wwtcc.com
they've got an email adress too i think


hope that helps

batman

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