Creekboats, a requirement or not?

[DaveBland]

Proper* creeks are best with a creekboat unless you are a complete hero.

We all know that Daz is a proper hero.


I agree with you Dave, also, I'm coming to BC for August....

Sweet. Maybe meet up as I have all of Aug off too. I'll be road-trippin into the interior for sure. Bring a guide and I'll buy a copy!

[Tom_Laws]

Me and the good Dr Sladden will be in touch! :-)

[DaveBland]

Me and the good Dr Sladden will be in touch! :-)

We should get Ian from Cali up too and have us a "UKRGB Rock the Rockies" event!
Seriously, with Patch and Chip here plus the other vagrant Brits, there could Tea and scones all round...

[Tom_Laws]

Me and the good Dr Sladden will be in touch! :-)

We should get Ian from Cali up too and have us a "UKRGB Rock the Rockies" event!
Seriously, with Patch and Chip here plus the other vagrant Brits, there could Tea and scones all round...

I will be importing a metric tonne of tea for my brother anyway....

[cathalferris]

I haveto suggest an older Inazone in the right weight range, with a good bit of closed cell foam to tighten and outfit it correctly. Precisely because it's an older design, it has a different set of compromises that appear to suit the requirements. A lot of my mates started in Inazones and they were perfect for hte job. Playable in G2, but safely paddleable on G4, but a tad risky on the G5 stuff (didn't stop the lads doing crazy-for-the-time stuff in them).

Plus they should be relatively cheap if you can get one in reasonable nick.

I started in a Rotobat, went to a squirt, then to a Whip-It, through an I3-221 to the current Orbitfish/Burn-M combination. For me the I3 was a perfect boat for the requirements until I went 4 stone over the max weight at which point it wasn't safe anymore on G4. I also paddled the UL club's Glide for two years, taking it down a lot of rivers in North Wales ;)

[Jim_MWX]

Depends on the paddler.

I used to run rivers fine in a Pyranha G3 (definitely NOT a creekboat!)

I then started to paddle a Liquidlogic Remix. I thought it was a brilliant boat for rivers from G1 to G4+ but it was a personal choice.