That’s the undecked original that’s been
around for a few years.
Its going to be interesting to find
what class this will race in. When the RapidFire came out there was a bit of a problem…was it canoe or kayak?
25 pound
17’ canoes are beyond my ken.
What’s that mean?
understanding
owning a 17’ 25 pound layup is beyond what my experience can grip. Ken is grip. Grok ? Umvelt ?
http://goo.gl/IrRjIY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt
I do this with tent fabrics.
I mention it caws the syndrome is probably quite common.
Yeah, a 17’, 25 lb canoe is crazy light.
Pics on FB. Now called Falcon.
Unique seat positioning mechanism.
Cockpit size is customizable.
Gas pedal type rudder controls.
Sexy.
Sexy indeed!
This thing should blow the doors off a Kruger Sea Wind. Like a super lightweight MR Monarch/Sawyer Loon. Awesome looking boat!
This boat is TheBomb.com
This is so cool to see. I’ve always wanted a decked canoe but krugers and monarchs are too rare to afford.
Also, I’ve paddled the blackwater and its a freaking awesome solo. It does everyhting I’d want a fast solo to do. I’d love to test paddle one of these on Long island sound or the rhode island shores. A redder is definitely necessary for bigger water.
Anyways, savage river is already a high performance canoe industry leader and cemented their position with this boat. Their whole lineup is rock solid and this may share the spot with the crown jewels (the JD pro2, corbin, and decked blackter, IMO)
it looks very much unlike the
Monarch and Sea wind and looks adapted to fast but lake chop only.
Sitting so high with knees out of the cockpit and apparantly very little depth would not be useful to me on Superior or the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico… One big wave and all would be wet in there.
John plans on decking the Illusion
as well. Should be available as a kayak or as a closed C1.
Seat height is adjustable.
Cockpit opening size is customizable.
My concern is that the Falcon will be harder tracking than the Loon, Monarch and Sea Wind. My Monarch, with the rudder up, is very maneuverable with only my 160 lb load. I hope I’m wrong about he maneuverability of the Falcon:
I saw that on their website.
Should be very interesting.
your leftover Monarch lol
yes I use it rudder up on the Saco here…windy only occasionally rocky
and in twisty little mangrove tunnels.
I prefer “underutilized” to “leftover”.
I was paddling my Monarch two days ago. It felt like it gained at least 15 lbs from the time I took it off my car to the time I loaded it back onto the car. I need to lift weights so my boats feel lighter.
thats not what I meant
but I did mean leftover from your two siblings
or ex siblings.
Its funny how boats gain weight over the winter, yes
Venture a guess…
What will one of those “sexy” things go for, after it’s customized to suit your discerning taste & the paddling venue where you plan to use it?
Somewhere around $5,000.00 ?
BOB
Probably close to that.
The undecked Blackwater price ranges from $3250 to $3700.
Anyone paddled one of these, yet?
Yep. It goes for six. It’s too shallow a boat for me or hubby and is designed for uber lightweight packing.