Beautiful Day to Try 16 OC-1s

kamamakakaua

Taking an idea from Ocean PaddleSport's "Beautiful Day to Try 16 Skis", I thought it would be great to have a day when interested paddlers can converge at some beach to try all the OC-1 models available in Hawai'i. What would it take to make this a real possibility? Would the various OC-1 distributors be supportive of this idea? Perhaps a week or two after the Moloka'i Hoe? Anyone else interested in seeing this happen?

Submitted by kamamakakaua on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 4:37am

jpi92109

Great idea.

#1 Fri, 09/12/2008 - 5:35am

kamamakakaua

With all the hard work that Eckhart is putting in to compile the surveys, graphs, spreadsheet, it would almost seem like a natural progression.
One boat I have not seen on the survey list, and maybe its called by a different name(?) is the Makia??
The list:
OutriggerCanoe Design
http://www.oc1design.blogspot.com

#2 Fri, 09/12/2008 - 8:45am

eckhart

Makia is from Tiger - a good boat. It is said to be very good in the flat. It has a rather narrow hull.
Some paddlers commented that the narrow hull puts the boat relatively deep into the water. This hinders lateral sliding. The effect: in side on chop and waves the lower back starts to hurt.
Iow, a little side ward slide is good in certain conditions.
The good part of a hull sitting deep is the increased lateral friction. The effect: the increased friction allows the energy of your stroke to go more into forward motion.
PS: a boat show would be nice, but if the boats are not available ...
We will try to collect OC 1 Performance videos in a meaningful format - waiting for the cameras - and post them. Then you can at least get an idea.
Look at the videos already posted.

#3 Fri, 09/12/2008 - 9:02am

kamamakakaua

Thanks Eckhart - is there a place on your blog that you collate all the interestinf information in one place - like the stuff about the Makia?
All this info is a nice compliment to Rambo's locker
He has a bunch of stuff on his site too that talks about the various OC-1s - I wonder if the two can be somehow co-joined in a Wikipedia reference?
There was also a post from "The Teacher" on OCPaddler - the link to that should be saved somewhere. The contributions were awesome on that one as well.
It would be nice to see it all compiled as reference under "OC-1" like some of Wikipedias other entries.

#4 Fri, 09/12/2008 - 9:02am

eckhart

Yes, a compilation is in the OC 1 Comparison Chart .
This chart is incomplete; it would be nice if people that represent these boats would post some data. I don't want to post anything that the manufacturers would consider inaccurate.
Even on the internet you find limited info only. The whole purpose of the blog is to change that.

#5 Fri, 09/12/2008 - 9:06am