Sure they are big and heavy, but they can carry a load. They are very beamy and forgiving boats with full ends. They are deep. My balance is not as good as it was.
Might have to go find one.
Might have to go find one.
Lets enter as a tandem team in the geezer class in the Kenduskeag Stream race in April... 17 miles of flatwater and WW.. Don't forget your Depends and drysuit..I had a Tripper for many years. I carried it on many painful portages. It was unbelievable how much gear it could carry, which also was painful to carry. I found that if it didn't have enough weight in it, it could be a little tippy. If the seats are lowered the primary stability is better when not loaded. I sold it because as I aged it became to much for me. I miss that canoe, I became attached to it. I know where I can buy a pristine one. If I'm feeling young again or going on trips without portages I might buy it.
I took that canoe to Temagami, La Verendrye, all over Maine. I remember every portage.
We rented one of those canoes to go down the Teslin and the Yukon from Johnson's Crossing to Dawson City.. A beast of a boat. We went through Fiver Finger Rapids with nary a drop of water in the boat.The first thing to do is add ash seats and 3 ash thwarts.
I just remembered that my brother as an old Wenonah Cascade up in Oregon. It is a Royalex boat and 17'9" with full ends.
Time to make a phone call.
Whoa. Good time to be inside.at least I got some free cedar from a neighbors fence.