30 Second OC 1 Performance Survey For Paddlers Online - Recent News

eck,
suggestion: you might want to add weight, height, experience level, since that seems to be some of the most common questions.

to fit in your grading system:
height:
1-under 5’3
2-5’3-5’7
3 5-8-6-0
4 6-0-6-4
5 over 6’4
something to that effect

weight similar to above

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 9:38am

I have added :

• paddler’s intended height
• build quality

if you have taken the survey before and want to comment on these two, please just put the name of the canoe and fill in these two features but leave the other features blank that we don’t duplicate data.
We are looking for averages.

Thanks to everybody that has responded so far - great response.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pysrKeQ8s9Fm7aB9Xab5YTA

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 9:56am

Ka Nalu Nui has been rated - the first Argentinian OC 1 !

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 11:20am

Aloha eckhart!
and mahalos for putting us in the map!

this pic shows the first oc-1 of my country!

http://outriggercanoe.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2032409:Photo:1739

good job on your new project, i think we all can learn together!

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 11:43am

First trend:

rating on flat water, upwind - generally a little lower

mixed bag on steering

generally high rating on quality of build.

Tip: height: put in a range if you want
Tip: not registered guests can post, too, can they ?

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pysrKeQ8s9Fm7aB9Xab5YTA

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 4:00pm

Shawn - just leave out the comment on ‘big’, but please post your feed back.

Your input is important: the more feedback, the better. In the end I will publish averages.

Comfort, build everything is important.

I left experience out on purpose.

Sat, 09/06/2008 - 3:51pm

More reports are trickeling in - thank you. Keep on posting:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pysrKeQ8s9Fm7aB9Xab5YTA

The Pueo is getting high ratings.

If you want to see the Pueo in action from google video:

http://oc1design.blogspot.com/2008/09/pueo.html

with comment from a first time user !

Sat, 09/06/2008 - 7:40pm

The Hurricane has been most reported. Here are the averages:

Hurricane - Performance:

• flat water: 3.92
• up to 4 feet: 3.21
• 4 - 8 feet: 2.5
• big: 2.3
• upwind: 3
• steering: 2.33
• set up/rigging: 3.75
• comfort: 1.88
• quality of build: 3.36

Looks pretty representative, doesn’t it ?
4 is ‘excellent’, 1 is ‘average’

65 paddlers have responded how they feel about their boat so far.
Hopefully more will post.

Sun, 09/07/2008 - 7:25pm

Shawn. please have a look at the report on the Pueo that I received in the mail:

Like you, I wonder about a ‘4’ on all ratings.

However, if the Pueo has a better footwell that allows the paddler to apply more pressure - as described in the post - than it could be that a boat that is meant to do well in the surf could also be paddled well in the flat.
The improvement would then be in the cockpit and not at the under water hull.
Similarly, the seat design of the Fusion/Fuze/Zephyr allows very good control of the boat in the open ocean - that may lead to better performance.

Sun, 09/07/2008 - 10:34pm