Best Beginner Boat

Posted by Amy Fox on June 3, 2008 at 8:48pm in The Beginner's Eddy

What's the consensus... what kind of boat - or what specific make/model do you think is best to learn in?

Permalink Reply by Santha7 on June 4, 2008 at 10:12am: The kind in which YOU are comforatable.

AWESOME group, Amy! Well done. Hope to run the Nanty with you again soon.
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Permalink Reply by Amy Fox on June 11, 2008 at 11:14am: Great Point Santha - I don't know how many times I've heard that and its seems so true!

That said, I'm always surprised at how many beginners I see going out and buying a playboat right off the bat. After running my first river in a creekboat, the first time I ran a playboat I spent ALOT of time upside down (and swimming ;-)

I wonder if a person has the balls to stick it out in a playboat if its better to learn in that because it is less stable and you'd learn better edge control right away? Complete speculation here -- and I'm sure it also depends on what type of boating a person is interested in.

Regardless of the boat - one thing I did experience firsthand in my first river running class was how important outfitting is (tip for the ladies ... http://www.riverangels.com/ssp/hot-tips?news_id=8); ▶ Reply to This