Sunday, May 30, 2010

Alpacka WitchCraft

This is the boat in April and early May -- first peek, if you will.
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4 comments:

  1. DaveMay 30, 2010 at 6:19 PM

    Looks really cool. Amazing pieces of workmanship, those boats.

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  2. UnknownJune 1, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Hmmmm. I don't like the part where Luc is having trouble getting out on flat water (2:22). Having something strapped across your lap scares the crap out of me. It sure doesn't look like a very quick release here. Parts are bound to fail, who's to say the quick release won't fail when you need it most. I have yet to paddle the witchcraft with all the parts but it seems to me that Sherry is re-inventing the wheel. IK's have been using thigh straps for years with no problems, so why is it that it is suddenly dangerous for thigh straps to be in a packraft?

    Everything else about the boat looks amazing though.

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  3. AnonymousJune 2, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    Well, I thought the Witchcraft was a good hull design, but I found 2 big flaws:

    1) the x-ray strapping system does not pull your knees apart towards the tubes, it pulls them together like a traditional straight-legged kayak, which makes it more difficult to roll & provides less leverage for boofing.

    2) the x-ray system only opens on 1 side of the boat, so if you flush into a log or undercut on the 1 side the x-ray system opens... then your screwed.

    The hull design was great & MUCH faster than the traditional alpacka hull design. I felt the tubes could be slightly larger though. Yep.

    Timmy J.
    www.alaskawhitewater.org

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  4. Roman DialJune 2, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    This boat should be functional again soon.....although not sure it would have been any fun on Wolverine Creek today.

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