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 Crazy 88 Review New
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Re: Review of dagger crazy 88 wanted htbandit New
Re: It works well. jiggydawg New
Date: Jun 29 2006, 23:02 GMT
From: Granite-Granny
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I picked up a used one this season. I'm 185lbs with a 33 leg and size 11 foot. I'm coming from an Pyranha S6 for a reference point, before that a Dagger Ego.
This is the only small butt bouncing boat I've been in.
Comfort - you can't beat this boat for comfort. I've never been in such a radical and comfortable piece of plastic.
Outfitting - The outfitting is fine but I find the hip pads move about on me. I really need to glue them into position. The back band design is awesome. The fast flippy things (forget the dagger marketing name) that tighten the backband are simple and work well. I do find the back band slips a little over time.
Fun factor - I've sat at the Riverdale wave for longer with a bigger smile on my face than with any other boat. The boat has changed me from a fumbled blunting flat spinning goon into someone that can blunt on demand and I feel I can easily add some of the more advanced tricks with some time. This boat is just fun fun fun. I love it.
Big Water - Well I've only run the Murtaugh section of the Snake in this boat. I did it at 14000cfs on the first time I ever sat in an 88. It is a handful. I spent more time making sure the nose didn't pearl and that I was staying upright than I cared for. It was a challenge. I would say big water performance is poor. I have run some pretty solid class IV in the S6 but I will be very nervous doing so in the 88. I will have a better idea after this weekend as I'm heading to the EFSF of the Salmon this weekend and there are some stout class IV that have me a little concerned especially when I've got to load the boat with lunch, spare clothes, spare paddle, pin kit and rope. In general at my weight on big water the 88 tends to pearl, is slow due to the pearling and relatively unstable requiring the paddler to have good skills.
In general the 88 is an awesome playboat but a poor river runner. This obviously depends on peoples skills and what they are used to.
I hope this helps a little.
Steve
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