It’s been a busy few day!  The rain has started to fall and some of the Thames weirs have are starting to open. We have a great range og waves and holes on the Thames, a great testing ground for all new boats.

On Shepperton a pushy fast wave I found the boat to be fast, retentive, and very carvey, more so than the 4.20.

 

On a steep wave like Sunbury the boat excelled very well, with it’s super narrow hull, edge transfers were easy, therefore carving air blunts were going very big.

 I took a trip down to Hurley this morning on a classic 3 gates. The boat cartwheels well, it feels very stable on end and has a good amount of pop for loops. Again carving blunts were great the boat felt very loose in the middle gate.

 

 

Posted by Peter Scutt

This entry was posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 am and is filed under Paddler Lifestyle Articles.