Canoes I Have Paddled.

 


This is an ongoing project - I'll be adding more to it whenever I have the time, inclination & memory.


Tandem Canoes I Have Paddled:

Sawyer Cruiser - the 1st canoe I ever bought, 17'9", fast but not the most seaworthy.

Sawyer X-17.

Grumman 16 - 1st Adirondack trip on Follensby Clear Pond - 3 men in a tub.

Lincoln ?.

Old Town Camper - good initial stability, plows thru water inefficiently.

Old Town Penobscot 16 - good speed for a Royalex boat, less stable than a Camper.


Old Town Discovery 158.


Coleman/Pelican 15.5 - despite the aluminum frame they still tend to get hogged, ugly but works better than it looks, heavy.


Wenonah Sundowner 17.

Wenonah Aurora - nice all-arounder.

Bell Morningstar.

Bell Northstar.


Bell Northwind (17.5').


Bell Northwind Rx (16.5').

Bell Chestnut Prospector - perhaps my favorite all-around tandem canoe.

Stowe Adirondack 16.

Merrimack Traveler - 17' beauty, paddles nice.



Dagger Legend 15 - works as a slow solo, good solo/tandem on rivers.

Dagger Legend 16 - classic river-runner, heavy tho, slow on flatwater.


Dagger Reflection 15.

Mad River Reflection 15 - ok for soloing.


Dagger Reflection 16.


Dagger 17.

Mad River Malecite - tandem for light load.

Mad River Explorer.

Mad River Explorer 14TT.

Swift Kipawa.


Swift Keewaydin 16 - nice.


Swift Keewaydin 17 - nice.


Swift Prospector 16 - I want one.

Swift Prospector 17.

Ward's Sea King - a 17' aluminum.



Solo Canoes I Have Paddled:

Oscoda Solo 13.

Old Town Pack - 1st solo I ever bought, lots of initial stability, fair glide, a bit too wide for single-blading.

Sawyer Summersong.


Sawyer Autumn Mist.

Sawyer Shock Wave - fast but did not like on choppy water.

Bell Wildfire.


Bell Yellowstone Solo.


Bell Merlin II.



Bell Magic. 

Bell Bucktail - 12' pack canoe.


Bell Rockstar.

Wenonah Prism - 16.5'.

Wenonah Wilderness - poor secondary stability.


Swift Osprey.

Swift Keewaydin 15 - nice for medium to large paddler.


Swift Raven.

Swift Shearwater.

Swift Pack 12.


Swift Pack 13.6.


Swift Keewaydin 14 Pack.

Merrimack Baboosic - 14' solo Prospector - symmetrical with a bit of rocker - nice on the Oswegatchie & other twisty streams.


Dagger Caption - solo/tandem ww boat.


Dagger Impulse.


Dagger Sojourn - good tracking, poor turning.

Mohawk Probe ?.

Blue Hole ?.

Hornbeck Lost Pond 9 - way too small for my 200 lbs - left me with barely 3" of freeboard.

Hornbeck Lost Pond 10.


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