Hello people

[BigandSmall]

New member from BC here. Great resource you guys have going here. I paddle a Clipper Caribou but have been reading a lot on here about the Kite. After a question to Stripperguy and another to Alan Gage I ordered a set of plans to look over. Once I get to putting it together I'll start a thread in the build section.

 

[BWCA66]

Welcome, looking forward to your build.

 

[Boatman53]

Welcome to the campfire BigandSmall! Looking forward to another build.
Jim

 

[Gamma1214]

Welcome. I'll look forward to following along on your build thread. I hadn't considered a Kite myself but, IIRC, that was mem's 1st build.

Either way, it's always nice to have some new blood building.

 

[memaquay]

I think you'll notice quite a difference between the Caribou and the Kite. The Caribou is a big, generous hull. The Kite, which is a slightly modified version of the Osprey, will seem a fair bit smaller, even though I would classify it as a good size solo. I started out in an Osprey, put many 1000's of kilometres on it, but as my gut expanded, an my load stayed heavy, I moved up to a bigger canoe.

 

[BigandSmall]

Thank you for the welcome guys. I enjoyed reading reading your build threads Gamma and Memaquay. I really like the Caribou's sizing. I find it quite stable in the rougher water I've had it in. I'm looking for something harder tracking and more efficient over distance when I'm not in the rivers. Being a bigger guy myself I scaled the prints up 6% when printing and will increase station spacing to match. The volume of my Kite will hopefully be quite similar to the Raven and Caribou S.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

New member from BC here.

BigandSmall, welcome to site membership! Feel free to ask any questions and to post messages, photos and videos, and to start threads, in our many forums. Please read Welcome to CanoeTripping and Site Rules! Also, because canoeing is a geographic sport, please add your location to the Account Details page in your profile, which will cause it to show under your avatar as a clickable map link. Many of the site's technical features are explained in Features: Help and How-To Running Thread. We look forward to your participation in our canoe community.