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I am taking Jason’s comment about “unloading” my Penobscot (I would slap him with my glove if he were nearby) to a separate discussion.
The four OT Penobscot models were similar in design appearance, yet very different canoes. Kinda wondering about folks impressions of the various Penobscot models.
Unload my Penobscot? Yes, every time I get to camp or the take out.
If you mean “sell” my beloved Penobscot, never! That Pensbcot is soloized with a wide contour seat well back of center, spray covers, sail, customized knee bumpers and etc, etc, etc. It was soloized too fit me and my gear loads like a glove.
A comfortable glove. I was discussing Penobscot models with a friend, comparing the P15 to the P16. He described the Penobscot 15 as feeling “sporty”. I described the Penobscot 16 as feeling “comfy like Grandma’s old Buick wagon”. Or in modern day automotive parlance, comfy like a well-appointed SUV, with enough AWD capability to handle the flats, mild whitewater or wind & wave.
I never had much love for the Penobscot 17, but don’t have a lot seat time in one. I had a lotta love for the (short lived) Penobscot 186.
18’ 6’ long
37 ½” max width, 34-ish inch waterline
21 ½” x 14 ½” x 21 ½”
75 lbs (spec)
I think the Penobscot 186 was a one-year-production canoe (2006?), and they didn’t make a lot of them. Another hen’s tooth from a unicorn, but dang I enjoyed that canoe.
The four OT Penobscot models were similar in design appearance, yet very different canoes. Kinda wondering about folks impressions of the various Penobscot models.
Sorry Mike, I would love to pull the trigger on that bad boy but I have my spray covered Bell Northwind 16'6" in royalex. Admittedly not outfitted as elegantly!
Did you unload your penobscot solo'ized tandem?
Unload my Penobscot? Yes, every time I get to camp or the take out.
If you mean “sell” my beloved Penobscot, never! That Pensbcot is soloized with a wide contour seat well back of center, spray covers, sail, customized knee bumpers and etc, etc, etc. It was soloized too fit me and my gear loads like a glove.
A comfortable glove. I was discussing Penobscot models with a friend, comparing the P15 to the P16. He described the Penobscot 15 as feeling “sporty”. I described the Penobscot 16 as feeling “comfy like Grandma’s old Buick wagon”. Or in modern day automotive parlance, comfy like a well-appointed SUV, with enough AWD capability to handle the flats, mild whitewater or wind & wave.
I never had much love for the Penobscot 17, but don’t have a lot seat time in one. I had a lotta love for the (short lived) Penobscot 186.
18’ 6’ long
37 ½” max width, 34-ish inch waterline
21 ½” x 14 ½” x 21 ½”
75 lbs (spec)
I think the Penobscot 186 was a one-year-production canoe (2006?), and they didn’t make a lot of them. Another hen’s tooth from a unicorn, but dang I enjoyed that canoe.