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All boats are available in a range of 5 different constructions, colours of your choice and built to your weight.

We have a demo of the 64, Colin paddles the El Sorcho so this can also be tried out and there are a number of Yins, Macaos, Locos, Pro Factos and Vuchos in the country.

The 64 C1
Tony Estanguet design the 64, named after the Pyrenean region where he lives and trains. Using his vast experience he has improved the stability and glide.  This has been achieved through improving teh overall balance of the boat making it easier to achieve maximum performance.

The 64 suits paddlers up to 78kgs, until a smaller version is developed we would recommend the Junior Macao
The YIN C1
Another C1 from World Champion Tony Estanguet stable of competitive design which is dynamic and manoeuvrable. Favoured top competitors, lesser paddlers will still find this a design that will help them perform to their best.
The MACAO and JUNIOR MACAO C1
The Macao is a C1 from Tony Estanguet that suits women, junior and those wanting a stable paddling platform. The design optimises your ability to complete both perfect flat turns and turning over the tail. 

The Macao suits paddlers up to 80kgs (12st 6lbs)and the Junior Macao is designed specifically for lighter paddlers up to 68kgs (10st 10lbs)
The El Sorcho C1
Robin Bells latest creation is the El Sorcho.  During the design phase he tried to keep his idea of a playful boat and to keep the fast reaction of the canoe to the movement of the paddler.  Robin worked mainly on the front part of the canoe, the rounding of the front part of the hull of the canoe and lifting up of the nose (by 120 cms) making the EL SORCHO very stable, easily turnable, just "an easy" canoe. 

EL SORCHO is intended for heavier paddlers above 75 kgs

The iMo C1
The iMo is the next evolution of Robin Bells Loco.  The width has been kept for stability, but it has been shorten.  A long water line, hard chines and sharp tail allows quick turning and good tracking across the river.

The iMo suits paddlers of 70-80kgs making more suited to larger paddlers than the Yin

The SL C2
The Slovenian crew Luka BOZIC/Saso TALJAT took the third place at the Worlds in La Seu d'Urgell with the successful canoe VUCKO (designed by Simeon Hocevar). These top world C2 slalom paddlers and their coach Dejan Testenom liked the basic characteristics of the VUCKO but they have been working on improvements for a few months. The SL was named after the first letters of their names Saso and Luka.

The nose of the new C2 has been slightly lifted and the team also worked on improving the centre of gravity. The tail has also been modified to reach higher straight line speeds. The result is that the SL slides well in waves of whitewater, the acceleration from gates is excellent and the manoeuvrability is perfect . According to Luka and Saso, the SL has a really fantastic ability to rapidly change direction on courses which require fast reactions and fast turning.

Optimal paddlers weight: 100-150 kg
Boat length: 410 cm; width: 70 cm

The REV C2

The straight line speed on flat water the REV is very fast, but it also reacts rapidly to a change of the direction. "It hops on waves and jumps over stoppers without any problems." It is very responsive and turns very well.  It was rapidly adopted by the German crew Muller/Muller (European U23 champions).

The VUCKO C2
Simon Hocevar has brought his experience of designing successful C1s, he has turned his attention to design a C2 more suited to his own weight. Based on the Macao, the Vucko is well suited to light pairings, it is very fast, extremely manoeuvrable, and allows for aggressive paddling.

Optimal paddlers weight: 100-145 kg
Boat length: 410 cm; width: 75 cm

The PRO FACTO C2
Another cracking design from the Olympic medallists and current world champions of Volf/Stepanek, the new Pro Facto is shorter (417 cm) to improve manoeuvrability but retain the speed of the very successful Short Sense that gained them their World Cup 2nd place.