The upper Chubb twists, eluding boulders in its bedrock bottom, but FlashFIRE is nimble, missing everything solid. She's stable too, even when an osprey startled you, snatching a brookie, just boat lengths ahead. You ran the class two riff at Averyville Road dry as a biscuit, eddying back, surfing with overnight gear aboard. Shouldered tumblehome gives a narrow, efficient, paddling station, dry, and bank-vault secure when heeled. Quick, nimble, and fun, Flash is everyone’s favorite single stick day paddler.

FlashFIRE is a symmetrical David Yost design with above waterline flare carried to shouldered tumblehome; yielding a dry hull with firm final stability. Significant rocker allows Flash to flat turn and increases speed while arched stems help tracking. The small hull reduces skin friction, and allows Flash to paddle with little effort kneeling on a high seat with a single blade or as a pack canoe; sitting low with a double paddle.

Top view
Length: oa 13', wl 12'9"
Length/width ratio: 6.1
Weight: 27#

Side View
Shear: Bow 17"
Mid 12"
Stern 15"
Rocker: 2.5"/2.5"

End View Beam: Rails 26" Max 29" 3" wl 25"

Displacement 6" freeboard 550# 4" wl 280# 3" wl 200# 2" wl 120#