: Sounds like we're birds of a feather. I don't enter races, but I
: like hanging out with them and learning their ways. I like
: spirited, high performance boats, and love to go fast. If
: pressed, I'd call myself a fitness paddler.

: The C-1 with wings isn't hard to strip at all, just gotta know how.
: Basically, you strip it in quarters, then join 'em. Looks to me
: like it'd actually be considerably easier than a more typical
: canoe. I figure I'm going to find out someday, because....

: ....paddling a 25-lb 18'-6" C-1 is great fun! It's a little
: tippier than I care to fish out of, and it takes forever to get
: a turn out of it, but for chuggin' on down the bayou? Hoo boy,
: the miles fly past. I believe I can paddle it over twice as far
: as the Advantage or Merlin for the same effort. However the
: science of it works out, I just know that at the end of a really
: long paddle I feel all antsy to get right back out there and do
: it again, just like after a long day in a really nice kayak.

LOL, never gave it a thought that those wings would keep you from making a lean turn, well duh. Guess like many other go fast boats you give up something to gain the speed.

Bill H.