River Elf C-1 Outfitting Selection Manual

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C-1 Outfitting Selection Guide

General Information:

At River Elf, we offer our boats for sale with various options

regarding outfitting. We utilize á la carte pricing on our

website to give you some control of the cost and determine

how much additional work you will have left to do once

your boat arrives. Use this guide to help you decide which

options are right for you.

You can purchase our C-1's "empty" which include only the

following essential elements already installed: cockpit rim,

grab loops, minicell pillars, carbon pillar guides, carbon bow

shock absorber, and security ring. No outfitting is included.

This is our cheapest option and essentially leaves you, the

buyer, with a "blank canvas" onto which you do all of the

parts sourcing, outfitting, and customization yourself.

Our most expensive option is a "fully outfitted" boat. With

this selection, you choose from our menu of components

and we do all of the outfitting for you. Your boat is almost

ready to go upon arrival. The only thing left for you to do is

to make some minor customizations (adding or subtracting

some foam here or there) to get a tight but comfortable

custom fit.

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Page 1 C-1 Outfitting Selection Guide General Information: At River Elf, we offer our boats for sale with various options regarding outfitting. We utilize á la carte pricing on our website to give you some control of the cost and determine how much additional work you will have left to do once your boat arrives.
Page 2 Think about weight minimization. Experiment. Find what works for you. Use the following guide to help you decide how you will approach your outfitting and which River Elf components are right for you. 2/14 © 2019 – River Elf LLC. All Rights Reserved...
Page 3 Seat Options: We offer a foam pedestal seat and a composite pedestal seat as options for our C-1’s. Normally, we recommend using a foam seat as it allows more “give” in the hull. Our composite pedestal is better suited for slalom or freestyle boats with very stiff hulls.
Page 4 Notice how the foam was carefully shaped to create a notch for the pillar and was elaborately curved at the top to fit perfectly under the deck of the Storm Chaser. 4/14 © 2019 – River Elf LLC. All Rights Reserved...
Page 5 photo courtesy Rick Bryan photo courtesy Rick Bryan 5/14...
Page 6 Neoprene foam foot pads are available for our boats. These provide insulation and cushioning for the tops of your feet and can be cut and installed to fit flush up against the tapered sides of any of our seats. 6/14 © 2019 – River Elf LLC. All Rights Reserved...
Page 7 Hip Blocks: We highly recommend installing a set of hip blocks in your Storm Chaser C-1. Hip blocks help lock you into your boat providing subtle directional control and more powerful forward propulsion. We offer three different styles of hip blocks on our website but our low profile hip blocks generally work best with the Storm Chaser.
Page 8 Securing the Thighs and Knees: There are a number of ways to secure your thighs and knees inside a C-1 and differ from user to user based on body size and personal preference. Our standard offerings are strap anchors and knee cups.
Page 9 We offer detailed installation instructions on our website for prepping the squared knee cups and for final gluing. example of “prepped” knee cups ready to be installed 9/14 © 2019 – River Elf LLC. All Rights Reserved...
Page 10 A good rule of thumb to consider when outfitting your Storm Chaser C-1 is to approach it as if you were outfitting an open canoe. The Storm Chaser is a high volume C-1 and as such, the cockpit rim sits higher on the boat than in a slalom or other low volume craft.
Page 12 A beautifully designed and executed customer outfitting system that employs a foam bulkhead. This boat was shipped empty except for factory installed hip blocks. photo courtesy Rick Bryan photo courtesy Rick Bryan 12/14...
Page 14 We normally do not include a shock absorber in the stern of our C-1’s. A notched seat that fits back into the stern and is carefully crafted to provide continuous contact from the hull surface to the underside of the deck is sufficient to hold the pillar in place.