Westside Boatman

PDGA approved driver

Available weights 161 - 177g

Launch date

Westside VIP Boatmans launch date was 15 April 2011
Westside Tournament Boatmans launch date was 15 May 2011
Westside BT Boatmans launch date is 1 March 2012

Hotstamp picture explained

A boatman figure also known as boatman of Tuonela from Finnish national epic Kalevala. Picture was drawn by Arto Hoffrén year 2010. Check out the Kalevala in English language here.

Manufacturers official product description:

Westside Boatman is an overstable speed 11 driver with lots of glide and control. It can handle a surprising amount of wind. If your PDGA rating is more than 950 you may want to throw Boatman backhand. For less experienced players the Westside Boatman can be best used as a long and precise sidearms throw disc, or at situations where a right-handed players needs to go left. Westside Boatman is a PDGA approved disc.

VIP-plastics properties

Super-durable hi-tech plastic with excellent performance. VIP plastic is transparent so you can see through it. Discs made in VIP-plastic maintain their flight characteristics and reliability for a long time. This plastic is suitable to both recreational players and pro players. Latitude Opto-plastic is more than 98% similar to Westside VIP-plastic.

Tournament-plastics properties

An advanced version of VIP-plastic that contains technical polymers. You cannot see through Tournament plastic. The durability of Tournament plastic is at the same level than VIP Plastic, but the Tournament's grip is slightly better. Our Tournament plastic is closely similar to Latitude GOLD plastic.

BT-plastics properties

New Westside BT plastic has great flight characteristics, exactly as good as VIP and Tournament plastics. A novice player may feel the BT plastic easier to grip than our other plastics. The BT plastic is more economical compared to high-end VIP and Tournament plastics but BT plastics durability is not as good. The new BT plastic will be released first to selected department stores customers in Finland in March 2012. Exports to U.S. and to Europe are planned to start at a later time during this season.

Mold setup

Molds upper part is Westside Northman version 1.0, completed 10 October 2009. Molds lower part is Westside Boatman version 1.0, completed 18 February 2011. Molds and their copyrights are owned by Westside Golf Discs.

Barcodes

These barcodes are also valid as European EAN codes.
American UPC barcode of Westside BT Boatman is 0610708884293.
American UPC barcode of Westside VIP Boatman is 0610708884156.
American UPC barcode of Westside Tournament Boatman is 0610708884224.
A generic UPC barcode of Westside Boatman in any plastic is 0609722318570.

Production

Westside Boatman golf discs production takes place in co-operation with Swedish Latitude 64 Golf Discs.

Product name in Finnish language

Westside Tuonelan Lautturi.

Typical retail prices in U.S.

Westside VIP Boatman $14.99 - $16.99
Westside Tournament Boatman $16.99 - $18.99