Just a note to tell you how much I appreciate your staff. My instructor was patient and instrumental in getting me to the next level. I am going at this with as much focus and repetition as time, money, and conditions permit. It’s a slow process, but I’m finally getting it! Thank you so much, guys.
It’s the best feeling when I follow coaching advice and things immediately start to work out right, I see that’s it just there what I was missing, I understand my mistakes and see the right way to progress. Plus you are a great company. I’m very happy I randomly happened to meet you all. Thank you.
I have been working on upwind 360’s for some time and could get an occasional one in the straps, but rarely, if ever, out of the straps. With your tips, I was able to nail several of them recently. Well done! For the upwind 360, I found your tip about keeping the mast pointed in to the wind was the key. Thanks!
OC1: Carbon
Length: 20.76′
Beam: 15.15”
Hull Weight: 19 pounds for carbon
Ama Weight: 4 pounds
Iatos weight: 2 pounds
Total weight rigged: 24-25 lbs
OC1: Hybrid
Length: 20.76′
Beam: 15.15”
Hull Weight: 25 pounds
Ama Weight: 4 pounds will let you know the hybrid one
Iatos weight: 2 pounds
Total weight rigged: 29-31 lbs
Traditional V1: Fiber glasss
Length: 24.18′
Beam: 13.39”
Hull Weight: 26 pounds
Ama Weight: 10 pounds
Iakos weight: 2 pounds
Total weight rigged: 38-40 lbs
Traditional V1: Carbon
Length: 24.18′
Beam: 13.39”
Hull weight: 18 pounds
Ama Weight: 4 pounds
Iakos weight: 2 pounds
Total weight rigged: 24-26 Ibs
V6 Matahina Hybrid
Length: 42.82′
Beam: 22.08”
Hull Weight: around 220 pounds
Glass Ama Weight: 28 pounds
Carbon Ama Weight: 18 pounds
Wood Iakos weight: 24 pounds
Carbon Iakos weight: 16 pounds
Total weight rigged: 250 lbs (Carbon Ama and Iakos)
V6 Matahina Fiberglass
Length: 42.82′
Beam: 22.08”
Hull Weight:around 250 pounds
Glass Ama Weight: 28 pounds
Carbon Ama Weight: 18 pounds
Wood Iakos weight: 24 pounds
Carbon Iakos weight: 16 pounds
Total weight rigged: 280 lbs (Carbon Ama and Iakos)
For some, it can be a bit of a challenge paddling a hydrodynamically fine-tuned canoe — at first. That’s where our team comes in. We provide tutorials and clinics and help you learn the rudiments of pure paddling performance. Once you master these skills, your paddling will never be the same. You’ll feel “at one” with the water. And, even more gratifying, you’ll feel at one with yourself.
There’s a reason our canoes win races — the racers who paddle them. But there’s also a reason so many racing teams and individuals paddle our canoes. The equation is simple: The more time we put into building canoes to win races, the less time you’ll spend reaching the finish line. Striving to perfect our process results in better performance — exhilarating speed and the effortless glide that comes with it.
We don’t just make outriggers; we strive to make them better, through precision craftsmanship, taking into account the smallest details, fit, and finish. Because the smallest thing can influence speed and performance. To build a racing canoe, you better have a builder who has raced outriggers—and won. We do. There’s no substitute for engineering excellence combined with firsthand experience. The result is satisfied customers.
We pride ourselves on research and development, striving for improvement by constantly challenging our standards and trying to improve our process. We take time to precisely design and engineer the hull, cockpit, and ama of our canoes and factor in all the variables of water, wind, and weight. We believe there is no such thing as failure, only lessons that teach us what won’t work — and what will work even better. That’s how we work and why our canoes work for so many customers.
