Full CF. Weight around 20 pounds.
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Eric Jackson’s newish composite whitew
ater boats. Apex watercraft. The arrow indicates the most preferred upright position.
i’ll be selling a similarly hulled 12’ long surf kayak soon, an extremely rare battleship grade composite Valley Cliffhanger of 1990’s vintage. I dubbed it “Daffy” due to the color scheme and duck-like “beak”. (the frivolous stickers will come off cleanly after being hit with a hairdryer). Barely ever used and with new hatch lids and deck bungees. Anyone remotely curious should hit me up. It’ll be cheap. Probably weighs 3 times what the new craft the OP shared does.
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Your images don’t work for me for some reason.
I think you posted a pic of the same model “in action” a while ago. You never know, one kayaker’s white elephant is another’s treasure. If you were on the west coast you could probably get $800+ for it, if you found the right eccentric.
Fixed it— having trouble with my aging Macbook and it’s balking at loading photos and videos lately — edited successfully with the iPad.
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Full CF general river runner.
Oh, that sure looks fun! I would be tempted if I lived at the coast or you weren’t so far away. The sticker could stay.
How far away are you, Castoff? I travel widely, usually in my box truck camper conversion, in which I can fit (and from which I have often delivered) kayaks and canoes.
I did take Daffy out once, on flat water. Great seat (a feature of Valley boats) but kind of a tank in that application.
I might haul it to kayak camp at Delmarva in October and try to flog it there among paddlers nearer to surf zones.
I’m paring back the armada to just the lighter craft. Just picked up this restored 2001 Curtis Nessmuk pack canoe last week – 10’ 5" and only 17 pounds. I’ve had cats that weighed more than that. Kind of a thrill to be able to roof rack a boat with one hand and carry it balanced on my head.
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I wouldn’t use it enough to justify owning it, but it does look like a fun boat. If you ever make it down to SC let me know. Tony, sawgrass, me, and a couple others are planning another Sparkleberry Swamp paddle trip perhaps this coming spring and camping at the nearby state park. I could keep you in the loop if interested.
Very nice canoe, I have owned a couple Curtis canoes both early Kevlar models. A Vagabond that was 27 pounds (sold it to help finance a sailboat) and a larger solo tripper with extra layers for rocky rivers at 36 pounds that I still have.
The Carolinas have been on my bucket list for a while. I’ll keep that invitation in mind.
I actually swapped a 1984 Curtis Lady Bug for the Nessmuk – the seller’s daughter wanted a LB so we did an even trade. The LB was lovely but I guess I am too much of a kayaker to really warm to solo canoe paddling with a single blade. I’ve long enjoyed tandem paddling but just wasn’t feeling the love with the solo yet. It was technically the right size for me but I never felt “at one” with it as I have with other boats.
With the pack I’ll be sitting low and using a double blade – I have a vintage Bending Branches wood 230 with long tapered blades. I have a ottertail canoe paddle too – I think it will be easier to kneel in the Nessmuk to use that – in the LB the canted seat was in the way of being able to kneel in the right place in the hull.
I got to meet Dave Curtis a couple of times at the local region solo rendezvous. He recognized the Bug and knew from whom I had bought it!
The seller of the Nessmuk, Dustin Noel, is a friend of Dave’s and Dave consigned some of his remaining stock to him when he sold off the Hemlock business earlier this year. If you know anyone looking for a decently priced Hemlock or Curtis canoe, he has at least one other Nessmuk (brand new) and several other canoes in his own shop in western PA now. He does incredibly fine restorations, and builds canoes as well. This is his website:
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I like art work on boats.
Daffy looks great.
I used to draw native designs on my Old Town Guide 18. It was a wood boat with white canvas.
My favorite was a buffalo skull in the shadow of CM Russell while floating the Upper Missouri River in Montana.
My West Greenland hunting kayak SOF is overdue for a new skin. When I do that instead of redyeing it leaf green I will leave the ballistic cloth white and paint it with Haida black and red traditional mythical figures, probably Sisiutl, the two-headed sea monster, for which the boat is named.