Call Paul
at Colden. The mold is prepped and ready to go as I understand it.
Paul Meyer really wants to talk to
People thinking about buying his boats. Which is not synonymous with hard sell; he is SO laid back. He’s one of those not into computers. David Yost another. He doesn’t even have a computer.
Nomad statistics
Before I bother Paul,does anyone here have the numbers for Nomad? I tried CW’s email for his list with numbers but won’t seem to go thru. Windwalker has Nomad on site classifieds in Pa, who gets there first.
Go to Hemlock canoe website
And you can access the old Curtis catalogs there you will find the original page on nomad giving description and statistics
Thanks Steve, on my way there.
If you want real stability
You may want to look at an eaglet from Hemlock canoe it is a boat that can be paddled tandem or outfitted for solo. It’s a bit wide to be fast, but would certainly give you stability for fishing moving around and chasing pup. The older I get the more I appreciate a stable platform instead of a high-speed craft. Owned several Curtis/hemlock boats. Never been disappointed.
Indy is just under 30" wide (eom)
Thanks folks, each one
I bought the older curtis nomad, will be happy am sure and really hope I don’t come down with the disease all of you have. 20 canoes? That as bad as one wooden sailboat! Duckhunter had my attention as that’s the test of stability for sure. Thanks again for kind help…Jay
Hope you get to paddle it
real soon.
Just got back from a Florida trip with Nomad… Some 120 miles paddling in ten days.
Now back to regular scheduled snowshoveling.
Nomad seat
Since you guys did a fine job on finding my Nomad a new home I want to ask this.
Jay said he only sits. As we know the Nomad is set up for kneeling. While I often sit while paddling the Nomad, I mostly kneel. Obviously lowering the seat will help stability. And obviously when you kneel you are limited to how low the seat can be hung. I have offered to make Jay a new set of seat drops for the Nomad. My question is how much should I lower the seat? Thinking 2", would that make much difference? What ya think?
Mike
Ask Jay!
Its his boat… My Nomad has a replacement seat and its set high for kneeling.
However I often sit (it has a footbar too) but since that is on trips with quite a load, the boat is far from unstable. I have paddled the Nomads scion unloaded and seated and empty and am OK with that too.
It might be better to ask him how far off the bottom he wants to sit… I would guess seven inches would be the ball park…but again everyone is different and he is the only one who matters.
Yes
2 inches more than what it is now will certainly make a large difference. Best advice would be take the seat out and use cushions stacked up to decide what height he wants to sit off the floor then make drops.
Lowering seats
A limiting factor in lowering seats is the length of available 1-/20 SS machine screws. 6" seems to be the max, resulting in a seat ~3" lower than kneeling variants and flat for sitting. Seat trusses of appropriate size are available from Ed’s.
Beyond that, floor mounted pedestals are an answer, ~ available from Wenonah,as Placid’s elegant slider is not being available without a hull attached. Attach with methacrylate adhesive.