Road Trip, New Boat, Dinner with Shawn

It's going to be a fun couple days. I'm in the car right now. I'm heading about six hours south to Gravenhurst to the Swift company to pick up my new canoe. And then I'm going to Sean's place. I'm going to my self-reliance cabin, meet up with Doug and Sean, and we are going fishing. So I'm going to break it up into two videos. Today's video is just going to be the vloggy type, ten minute long video. You can stick with me if you want to see that kind of stuff. This is the new pack boat. We're going to let old Scotty give us a rundown on it. Scott works here at Swift. He's been here for quite a while. He's a big man on campus over here Alright, so yeah, we'll give you the rundown on Joe's new whip for the season So this is the new cruiser 14-8. So we started designing a new pack boat series last year We started with a bigger version then we did a smaller version and then we did the medium version This is the medium version. So Joe and I were talking he's got tripper now He said, you know, I need a little bit more boat so I can fit tripper. I can fit my gear You know, what are you guys working on this boat? We were already kind of Prototyping David Yost had already kind of made the the rough outline of it And when we design a boat David Yost literally makes the first version out of wood So the original prototype of every boat we make is Made out of generally cedar or even pine and so that's around that time. He designed the prototype We went and paddled it. You may have seen some of that on social. We loved the boat. It's a great size That's the one you brought up to my place, and we paddled in the ice water. Yes, if you ever check that out on any of our socials, that was the most adventurous test paddle I think we've ever done. I've seen better weather for that, but you were a good sport, so I appreciate that. And we ended up with this. So we loved the boat, everything about it lined up, we put it into production, and right around that time, it was getting to be close to spring, Joe needed his new ride, so here we are. So Joe and I talked about colors, maybe a new scheme, something to mix it up, give you something that nobody else has so this is what we did so this boat is 100% carbon fiber carbon fiber hull carbon fiber gunnels carbon fiber parts and we did it with this cool material which is called carbon negra H weave H weave being the term if you look really closely it kind of looks like little H's and this is a newer material that's got a lot of properties similar to Kevlar similar weight similar abrasion resistance all those things looks really cool nice and strong nice and light and it opens us to doing some cool color schemes as well so we don't normally do this but Joe and I were talking about colors I'll check this out let's do it in orange on the bottom man I love it dude so we slipped the logo on the bottom for you that's in there too you were saying that's not a decal this is not a decal this is literally built in the boat so when you make one of these composite boats literally the first thing you do you have a boat mold an empty boat mold and you literally paint that mold so the first thing you do is you put in your orange paint so we put that in with a little cutout to do the Scout logo then you lay in your layers then you pull through all your resin and what you end up with at the end is this really cool lightweight boat with a built-in logo how much you think this guy weighs this guy you'd be just under 30 pounds your current boat is 25 this one's a little bit longer we've got an additional 14 inches of length compared to your current one yeah so and then with the you know we put the fishing package on it oh yeah your GoPro mounts we got all this decked out for you these guys here right yeah Graham we put that right on the bow there so you can catch tripper hanging out in front of the boat nice and uh just add water just add water we got lots of that so um the yoke is is different on this one yes so your older boats we we like to tinker with new ideas we're really big on r&d new designs new styles uh one of the things we've heard with some of the older yokes and it's been brought to our attention is that they can slip off uh depending on the fit not always but sometimes if you give it a good pop um it can do that personally i like I never really had too much of a problem, but I did hear a lot of that comments and stuff from other people too. Yeah, so just in light of that, we decided, well, let's actually secure it right to the boat. Then essentially, you know, your failure rate is zero. So what we did is every boat comes with these holes drilled out and an insert put right into the gunwale. And then when you screw your yoke in, it's right in the balance point. You don't have to find that balance point. Sometimes guys put a boat up and it's back heavy and it goes back. That was my biggest problem, Finding the same spot every single time was my biggest. Exactly. Yeah, so we eliminated that put it right into the boat. Everything's secure no wiggle lightweight carbon fiber and You're ready to hit the backcountry. Oh, yeah, buddy. Yeah new seat for this year as well. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh the high back Yeah, so high back seat with lumbar we changed the material that we make them out of It's like a quick dry. It is very you can tell ever. Yeah, did you like it? It's thicker than the old ones breeze better doesn't hold heat and it kind of molds to you. I don't want no butt sweat. Nobody likes butt sweat. And then nice and flexy in the back, so as you're paddling, the seat will move with you a little bit. So if you do wear your life jacket, which you should, and Joe does, it's a little bit easier on you. You don't have that kind of grating into your back as you go. This is completely different. The way that this bends is 100% different than my old... Yeah, the old ones were way stiffer. Very stiff. Yeah, with just a different type of plastic insert. So thickened it up, you know, made it a little bit more malleable that way. And I think you guys will find too if you spend a few hours in this boat as you always do You're not gonna notice that it's not gonna bug you stay a little bit cooler You know if you're on the fish or something and don't want to get out of the boat. Yeah, that happens so often Yeah, man, so you're you're pretty much good to go the other thing about this boat if you look down Yeah, Wow are these sucked in don't uh-huh? So this is a classic feature of of C1 racing canoes the objective being is that when you're paddling a boat your paddle is going by this area of the hull okay if the boat is widened out at that part you may have to bend stretch yep go far you're not getting as much oomph really exactly this allows you that when you're in the boat the boat is closer to you you're more secure with it you don't have that reach so you can get a more powerful stroke stroke at a faster rate again just a an increase in efficiency right yeah really the objective and you'll find that too compared to the old ones or i hate to say old ones but your current boat has a very flared hull which means it goes straight up and down this boat has a very a lot of tumble home the tumble home is crazy on this is the curl yeah so what that does is you know the gunnel is actually inside the width of the boat definitely so easier to reach over it's going to make it seem a little bit narrower when you're in it you've got the suck here so that when you're doing that reach you don't have to really extend and again more comfort more efficiency um cover more miles um so let's figure out what you need joe there's all sorts of options here take one of those and one of those and one of those two of these three of these yeah it's gonna pick out a paddle now probably get another 240 comano oh hello sir look who's here good to see you buddy yeah long time yeah you've been good you yeah i'm all right good looking forward to fishing yeah actually all three of us dog free weekend fishing oh i actually trippers in the car oh is it no that's okay i'll have to uh you guys are in a tight little set of rapids and needed to zigzag your way through something you'd be you're in the better boat for that i didn't um actually do much like actual normal solo paddling with it because of the seat position i guess yeah but i might try that today Well that's it, you want to keep up too when you don't really have a choice, right? Yoke on it? Before, on my stupid Jeep, we had to install it. Oh dude, yeah, that got way out of hand. It's still recording, how do I stop? Last time, didn't we have a little extra hoop? Well that's what I'm talking about with the modifications, I do have that loop but I just don't know if we need it. Right. Because now you've got this honking, ridiculous... What do you mean? that's not that big a winch that could pull a tank out of the mud Joe needs it well yeah you knowing you yeah you do and this probably came out of your emergency stash if I were to paracord no no yeah Canadian jam not my license plate onto my truck all right well that was pretty cool timing worked out perfect Shawn rolled up got the little boat on the car everything's good Shawn and I are gonna go up for dinner Doug's coming up soon I'm spending the night in a hotel because I need to have a shower in the morning it's not an option I have to do it so yeah Doug's not up yet Sean and I are gonna have a nice dinner together and then we'll part ways and then I'll meet back up with those guys tomorrow morning so we're just gonna drive now in the Gravenhurst and get some food, because I am famished. Just parched, as well. Yes, that was pretty sexy. That was fun, that was a nice little catch up with Sean, had some good food. So I'm just gonna head to a hotel and do some research and work on my editing and my emails and all that fun stuff. It's not got too much time before it's bedtime tonight, so I'll be catching up with those guys in the morning doing some nice fishing, as opposed to some bad fishing, hopefully. So I hope you guys enjoy this little vlogging type video. It's just a little bit different from me, but the full experience tomorrow will happen, and I'll get you guys coming along with me for that.