Lightweight Canoes

[mrlynn]

My wife and I are getting to the point where lifting the 75-pound, 15' aluminum canoe to the top of the car (never mind the van, which required stepstools) is a strain. She has a bad back, and mine ain't much better.

I hear there are ultra-light canoes now available, made from composites or kevlar or something, that could make lifting a lot easier.

Any suggestions as to brands, types, etc.?


/Mr Lynn

[mattkime]

careful....you know what having sex in a canoe and american beer have in common...

[mrlynn]

mattkime wrote:
careful....you know what having sex in a canoe and american beer have in common...

Er. . . Makes you tipsy? Both are tasteless?

I give up. What?


/Mr Lynn

[michaelb]

Now here is a topic I should know. Sure there are lots of lighter, better and faster canoe's out there than that. What kind of water are you paddling and what kind of trips are you taking? There are lots of good brands, so going to a local paddle shop and seeing what they have is the best idea. I like the look of the Bell canoes (but don't own one). Kevlar will be light, as well as some fiberglass, but these days there are lots of other layups too (Bell offers something called black gold for example) that can get complicated; but all variations of the same idea.

http://www.bellcanoe.com/products/defaul...ge=product&id=590&catid=200

I don't know if you have the money and the desire to each get a solo canoe. These can be super light, super cool, and super expensive. So I would love a boat by Placid or a Hornbeck for example.

http://placidboats.com/index1.html

[michaelb]

Here are the Hornbecks:

http://www.hornbeckboats.com/

Back to earth and back to "normal" canoes, you also have Wenonah, Mad River, Nova Craft and Swift to name a few. Are you willing to spend $1500-2500 for a boat? If not, you could/should look for a quality used boat, either from a demo fleet or just on sale (I almost never see good boats on craigslist though).

[AAA]

I have never been in a canoe.

But what is this about sex?

[kj4btkljv]

AAA wrote:
I have never been in a canoe.

But what is this about sex?

Get a canoe, a member of the opposite sex, and give it a whirl.

http://www.ubersite.com/m/31463

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/pos...x-position

Jeff

[OWC Jamie]

mrlynn wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
careful....you know what having sex in a canoe and american beer have in common...

Er. . . Makes you tipsy? Both are tasteless?

I give up. What?


/Mr Lynn

both too close to water


you could squeeze the f-bomb in there along with a n1**er degredation, too, but that's now reserved for the classy individuals on the other side.

[smacks]

Coolest hybrid canoe/kayak on the planet - check out the tandems. They have a rabid following:

http://www.nativewatercraft.com/

[michaelb]

The Natives are cool, but are more of a sit on top kayak type boat. I have a sit on top kayak and do love it for fishing. The Native "compass" boats look more like canoes, but are smaller, shorter "pack" canoes that you sit on the bottom of the boat. The Hornbecks and Placid boats represent the pinnacle of that design.

The native boats (I want one!) all weigh a ton too (except the compass at 36 lbs, which is almost 3x the weight of the hornbeck).