NEWS - Stingray OC2 wins 16km Marathon at Hamilton Cup 2006

The hottest selling OC2 in Hawaii is now available in Australia.

The success of the Stingray's OC1 hull put pressure on the Outrigger Connection design team to come up with a new progressive OC2 design. The Stingray OC1 hull basics were our guidelines for the new hull configuration. The goal was to improve surfing ability, agility and manoeuvrability. The redesigned rocker hull was tested and the outside chines were added to gain the water release at surfing speed, exceeding 16km per hour (10mph). The chines work surprisingly well especially at higher speed, providing the hull with a fast release and the boat gains on agility. When the hull was finished the new deck was shaped to follow the Stingray's characteristic. Extra attention was paid to the cockpit configuration, paddlers should be positioned as close as possible for better pivoting point in the waves. The seats were redesigned for better comfort, and adjustment. The positions of iakos was challenging in order to accommodate the new paddlers position and still keep only the back paddler inside the iakos. When this problem was solved, a new redesigned and more buoyant ama was completed and the entire rig was rigorously tested in all possible conditions.

The hull performs smoothly in virtually all conditions. The surfing ability is unsurpassed. The boat drops into the bumps easily it is very controllable while surfing and accelerates fast into the next bump, whether it is straight forward or when a direction change is necessary.

Apart from the canoes performance, the quality, craftsmanship and attention to detail is what sets this OC2 apart from the others.

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