S O L OBUYER’S GUIDE MANUFACTURER
Bearwood Canoe Company Shadowbear
woodcanoes.com
Bell Canoe Works Yellowstone Solo
bellcanoe.com
Bluewater Adirondack
bluewatercanoes.com
Clipper Canoes (Western Canoeing) Solitude
clippercanoes.com
Esquif Zephyr
esquif.com
Fletcher Canoes Fletcher’s Fancy
fletchercanoes.com
Grumman G-129
marathonboat.com
Hellman Canoes Scout
hellmancanoes.com
Kijik Canoe Cree
kijikcanoe.com
Langford Canoe Otter
langfordcanoe.com
Mad River Canoe Freedom Solo
madrivercanoe.com
North Bay Canoe Company Scout
nbcanoe.com
North Woods Canoe Company Ltd. Purnell 14’
northwoodscanoe.com
Nova Craft Canoe Super Nova
novacraft.com
Old Town Packold
towncanoe.com
Red River Canoe and Paddle Red Fox
wilds.mb.ca/redriver
ScanSport Inc./PakboatsPak Canoe 140
pakboats.com
Scott Canoe Sunset
scottcanoe.com
3 0 n 15’ 15’3” 14’6” 15’ 13’9” g=33” g=34”
g=29” w=29”
g=33” g=33”
14’10” g=32” w=30”
12’ 14’ 14’ 14’7” g=32” w=31.75”
g=28” w=30”
g=30” w=30”
g=31” w=28”
C A NOE ROOT S early summer 2006
b=19” c=13.5” s=19”
b=18” c=14” s=18”
b=17.5” c=13.5” s=17.5”
LENGTH WIDTH 15’ 14’ 10’8” 15’6” 11’3’’ 15’ 12’ 9” 15’9” g=34.5”
g=27” w=26.5”
g=27” w=26”
g=28” w=30”
g=27”
g=31” w=34”
g=29.5”
g=34” w=34”
DEPTH
b=22” c=12.5” s=22”
b=18.5” c=12.5” s=16.5”
b=14” c=10” s=14”
b=16” c=13” s=14”
c=16”
b=19” c=15” s=19”
c=13”
b=20” c=15” s=20”
b=20” c=14” s=20”
b=24” c=13” s=24”
b=20” c=14.25” s=19.5”
b=21” c=13.25” s=21”
b=16” c=13” s=16”
b=23” c=15” s=23”
c=11.5”
MATERIAL Wood/canvas
Royalex with vinyl trim
Kevlar composite
Fibreglass Twin-tex Wood/canvas Aluminum Duralite wood/canvas
Vacuum- formed carbon fibre
Royalex Kevlar Fibreglass Royalex
Oltonar/Roy- alex
Wood/canvas
Skin/frame (folding)
Kevlar
WEIGHT 56 lbs 44 lbs 19 lbs 52 lbs 40 lbs 55 lbs 44 lbs 48 lbs 57 lbs 39 lbs 55 lbs 44 lbs 55 lbs 58 lbs 33 lbs 45 lbs 41 lbs 39 lbs
CAPACITY n/a 650 lbs 200 lbs 700 lbs n/a 500 lbs 545 lbs 900 lbs 800 lbs 650 lbs 750 lbs 550 lbs 600 lbs 850 lbs 400 lbs 200-400 lbs 400 lbs 300 lbs
PRICE $4,850
MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS
A custom built, beautifully handcrafted wooden canoe. Lightweight Dacron covering option weighs only 48 lbs. A good solo, day tandem or solo tripping canoe.
$995 US A versatile Royalex solo built to handle everything from lake tripping to class II river run- ning. Tracks well but turns effortlessly. Shouldered flare for enhanced paddle reach. Also available in composite.
$1,215 When is a canoe not a canoe? When it is a Rushton “Wee Lassie.” Faithful to the original, designed to be used with a double-ended paddle.
$1,275 $1,247 $2,800 $1,325 $1,650 $2,300 $2,845 $1,419 $1,995 $975 $1,395 $980 $3,000
Seat adjusts forward and back as well as three height adjustments. Footbrace is standard in this fast, straight-tracking Jensen design. Also great for wilderness tripping.
The perfect solo whitewater canoe for learning. Displacement hull design, predictable. Big enough to carry gear for solo expeditions.
Moderately rockered keel line. Symmetrical. Shallow-arch cross-section. Tumblehome waterline configuration. Custom built.
Grumman quality in a solo.
The Scout is fast and seaworthy. It has moderate rocker and a flared bow and stern. It tracks well on flatwater yet can handle class III whitewater.
Easily managed by one paddler on the water and on the portage. Good tripping model. No keel with moderate rocker for very good manoeuvrability. Black cherry trim.
This is an exceptional lightweight canoe. The flared bow and stern provide tracking performance and great seaworthiness in rough conditions.
Versatility defined: A river playboat that’s no slouch on the flats for local touring or long distance tripping.
Traditional design based on the Peterborough Trapper Bunny model. Trimmed for solo, but equipped with two seats. Also makes an excellent tandem day-tripper. In fibreglass for $1,045.
Traditional looks, tumblehome, keeled hull. A great solo canoe.
Shallow-arch bottom and moderate rocker for quick, responsive action. Flared ends and straight gunwale-line for a dry ride. Good secondary stability and flatwater tracking.
The Pack’s V-entry hull with keel is an easy paddling design that even a novice can handle. The Pack weighs only 33 lbs-anyone who can paddle solo can carry it.
A reproduction of the Chestnut Fox. Lean entry lines, comfortable size and shape, very versatile. For extended solo trips and rewarding freestyle performance. Craftsman details and excellent finish.
$1,540 US At home on wilderness rivers, fun on local streams, great for travel. One of few canoes ever paddled in the Antarctic. Conversion kit turns it into a wide, stable 140T sport canoe.
$1,635
A compact, lightweight and strikingly beautiful solo canoe with tucked in centre section and lift lines in the bow and stern. This boat easily handles moderate whitewater and choppy lakes.
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