2005 Buyer’s Guide
LAKEWATER TRIPPING CANOE n. 1 canoe for carrying gear over great distances on lakes. 2 canoe with features such as: minimal rocker and maybe a keel for straight-ahead tracking; a shallow-vee bottom for a blend of stability and speed; additional length, width and/or depth for capacity; light materials to ease portaging.
Manufacturer, Model & Website Length Width Depth 16'
Bearwood Canoe Company Seguin
www.bearwoodcanoes.com
Bell Canoe Works NorthWind
www.bellcanoe.com
Bluewater
Freedom Explorer
www.bluewatercanoes.com
Camp Nominingue Inc. The Nominingue 16 Foot
www.nominingue.com
Coleman
Expedition 166
www.coleman.com
Esquif Avalon
www.esquif.com
Evergreen Canoe Company Willow 16
www.evergreencanoe.com
Fletcher Canoes
Bill Mason Heavy Duty Special
www.fletchercanoes.com
Grumman G-1840C
www.marathonboat.com
Headwater Wooden Boat Queen
www.headwatercanoe.com
Hellman Canoes Cruiser
www.hellmancanoes.com
Langford Canoe Nahanni
www.langfordcanoe.com
Longwood Canoes Osprey
longwood@mondenet.com
Mad River Canoe Horizon 17
www.madrivercanoe.com
North Bay Canoe Company Nipissing Guide
www.nbcanoe.com
North Woods Canoe Company Ltd. Pioneer 17
www.northwoodscanoe.com
Nova Craft Canoe Tripper
www.novacraft.com
Old Town Kineo 169
www.oldtowncanoe.com
Pelican
Excursion 166 DLX
www.pelicansport.com
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www.canoeroots.ca 16' 9" g=33" w=33.25" 16'10" g=35" 17' 16' 16'9" 16'6" g=36"
g=35" w=34"
g=37" w=35"
g=35" 18' 17' 18'8" 16'5" 16' 16'2" 16'1" 17'6" g=34"
g=33.5" w=32"
g=36" w=37"
g=36.6" g=34"
g=34" w=34"
g=36"
g=36" w=35"
b=22" c=15" s=22"
b=20" c=13.5" s=20"
b=20" c=15" s=20"
13.1"
b=24" c=13" s=24"
b=20" c=14" s=16"
c=14"
b=25" c=13" s=25"
b=20" c=14" s=17.5"
b=24" c=14" s=24"
b=21" c=15" s=21"
b=22" c=14" s=22"
c=15" n/a R-Lite Kevlar
Wood/ canvas
59 lbs 49 lbs 85 lbs Aluminum 72 lbs
Wood/ canvas
Duralite
Vacuum- formed Kevlar
Wood/ canvas
Royalex Kevlar Fibreglass
Kevlar/ Spectra
Polylink 3 67 lbs 65 lbs 49 lbs 75 lbs 66 lbs 55 lbs 69 lbs 50 lbs 85 lbs Ram-XCel(r) 84 lbs 650 lbs $1584.00 1000 lbs $2075.00 900 lbs 845 lbs 800 lbs $3000.00 $1663.00 $4000.00 1200 lbs $1850.00 825 lbs $2195.00 1000 lbs $3500.00 1100 lbs $1499.00 950 lbs $2095.00 1150 lbs $1079.00 1000 lbs $2395.00 1100 lbs $1085.00 900 lbs $949.00 16' 16'6" 17'6" 17'9" g=35"
g=32" w=32"
g=36" w=32"
g=35" w=37"
g=35"
b=22" c=13" s=22"
b=21" c=14" s=19"
b=21" c=14" s=18"
Wood/ canvas
Material Weight Capacity 60 lbs
n/a KevLight
Nylon/Kevlar composite
c=13" Wood/ canvas
n/a 40 lbs 58 lbs 72 lbs Ram-XCel(r) 81 lbs
Lakewater Price $4950.00 1100 lbs $3073.00 400- 680 lbs n/a 900 lbs $1850.00 $899.00 $2850.00 Manufacturer’s Comments
Custom-built, beautifully handcrafted wooden canoes. Also available with lightweight Dacron covering and weighing only 53 lbs. Solos well and is a good lake tripping canoe.
Shouldered flare for dryness and enhanced paddle placements. Superb trip- ping design is fast and extremely light. Also in carbon/Kevlar ($2600.00 US, 52 lbs) and fibreglass/Kevlar ($1975.00 US, 60 lbs).
You don't have to paddle across the country if you own one of these canoes, although some people have. Greater carrying capacity for more kids, more dogs and of course more stuff!
Excellent for solo paddling. Stable, durable, with great load-carrying capacity for canoe tripping. Tested on hundreds of canoe trips.
Exclusive Ram-XCel(r) hull offering superior flotation, rigidity, impact resist- ance, high tracking capability and smooth gliding. Outfitted with ash thwart and yoke and moulded bench seats.
A very fast flatwater tandem canoe. Combines the speed of a good composite boat with the durability of R-Lite. Shallow-vee hull, sliding seat, kneeling thwart.
Asymmetrical, shallow-arch hull with sharp entry and exit lines. Fast, stable and responsive. Contoured web seats. Hardwood yoke. Available in many layups, colours and trim options.
Moderately rockered keel line. Symmetrical. Shallow-arch cross-section. Tumblehome waterline configuration. Custom-built.
Stable, durable, roomy.
A high-performance cruising canoe with classic good looks and top quality workmanship and materials.
The Cruiser is our ultimate lakewater tripping canoe. It is fast, seaworthy and has a huge load capacity. Duralite is lightweight and tougher but less expen- sive than Kevlar.
Langford's finest asymmetrical canoe. Capacity, acceleration, manoeuvrabili- ty, tracking ease and seaworthiness make this a great performance tripping canoe.
Modified prospector design with straight sides, shallow-arch bottom and moderate rocker for stability, easy paddling and good tracking. Good tan- dem/family canoe. Options, colour selection.
Lean and efficient with a shallow-arch hull. Designed to run dry in rough waters. A fast flatwater canoe with downriver capability.
Traditional design based on the Chestnut Cruiser Cronje model. Quintessential tripping canoe; at home on flatwater; also capable of serious river tripping. In fibreglass for $1295.00.
The "all around" canoe, shallow-vee hull, rocker, great stability, volume and handling.
Very efficient for tracking and easy to turn. It provides stability and great capacity for tripping. Comfortable in moderate whitewater. A longer and wider version, the Haida 17', is also available.
Well suited for camping and extended touring on quiet-water rivers and lakes. The triple-layer polyethylene provides superior strength, stiffness and positive buoyancy.
Exclusive Ram-XCel(r) hull offering superior flotation, rigidity, impact resist- ance, high tracking capability and smooth gliding. Outfitted with ash webbed seats, center yoke and thwart.
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