Comments on: BUK Dragon Boats

By: Tony Dyrsmid

Tony Dyrsmid — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:34 +0000

Can anyone tell me what the design weight capacity for paddlers is. I was in a BUK the other day with maximum number of paddlers and the boat felt overloaded. We has several large paddlers on board. We were left with about 6-7 inches of freeboard and the boat felt unstable. Not a good situation for winter paddling.
Thanks you.

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By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:50:34 +0000

Hi Levi,

Thanks for your feedback. Yes I agree the BuK boats are one of the best to use around the world and I won’t recommend anything else. Well, Champion boats, as it’s manufactured in China they are very good at making “copies” of products already existing the market and this is why they look very similar to BuK boats. I’ve paddled in them myself and I still prefer the BuK personally!

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:05:36 +0000

Your reviews are right on the mark and you really get what you pay for with BuK. Our western Canada club has 6 of these boats and just ordered 3 more for next spring. I raced in a Champion day one in Penang earlier this year and it just didn’t have a good “feel” to it. I can’t pin it down but my crew was significantly faster when we raced in the BuK on day two. Maybe it’s just the weight since Champion has basically copied the BuK look.