Thank you for taking the time to respond. I would love to find one eventually or even better Wenonah bring it back. As mentioned below about the Northstar "Rob Roy" I like it but I like Canak better, I think it is more functional. I'm picking up a used Prism this weekend... Maybe next year I'll stumble on a Canak?I have one and like it alot. It uses Wenonah's Prism hull and glides along pretty well while paddling, whether loaded or not. It tracks well and also turns very easily. The nylon hatch covers make for easy access to your gear, which can be a problem in other decked canoes
It has webbing on the deck for strapping stuff down and handy little spare paddle bungees on either side of the cockpit. I easily found a Seals spray skirt that fits the cockpit, it' seems to be as big as most recreational kayaks.
It's a fairly light weight boat especially when compared to other decked canoes such as Kruger built canoes but then again it's not going to take a beating like those canoes either.
I can honestly say that I don't have a bad thing to say about it, it's a well built boat that may need new hatch covers in a few more years but I treat them every year,so for being about 6 years old there no issues so far. I don't see them up for sale very often so I think most people that have them like them.
Yes two very small ones in the bow and stern.Does it have bulkheads?
That is interesting to hear.. I've looked at the Rob Roy but like the idea of the Canak better.I’ve heard that many of the older Wenonah models no longer listed in the catalog are still available if you call the factory……Northstar canoes offer a decked canoe, the Rob Roy, from the pictures, no hatch covers, but it appears to have a larger cockpit for ease of loading/unloading…..maybe….
Northstar Rob Roy
Mike
Yes but IIRC the cost is extra to dig out the molds from the "attic" ; that is if they are serviceable. It may be worth a call.That is interesting to hear.. I've looked at the Rob Roy but like the idea of the Canak better.
I'll have to think about it, thank you for the insight.Yes but IIRC the cost is extra to dig out the molds from the "attic" ; that is if they are serviceable. It may be worth a call.
I don't see the Canak as trying to be a pack canoe. Wenonah has the Wee Lassie, etc. which is along the Rushton/Adirondack lines. I'd think they're more trying to bridge canoes and kayaks (hence "Canak"), leaning a bit toward the Loon/Monarch as a tripping decked canoe, especially considering their depth and sliding seat/footbraces. I'd love to try one, but I'm not exactly in canoe country, and I have more than plenty of boats (gasp!) for my uses.Wenonah came out with the Canyak just as the popularity of Adirondack pack canoes was taking off. Pack canoes in wooden form have been around for 140 years but if you aren't from the area, they were an anomaly. With the advent of carbon fiber and kevlar making lightweight pack canoes commercially feasible Wenonah may have wanted to jump on the bandwagon.
Sliding seats arent found because pack boats are supposed to be as light as possible Some can be single bladed if they have tumblehome. The Hornbecks some are and some aren't meant for single blading.. Placids can all be single bladed. Not sure about Savage River, Adirondack, Hemlock and Slipstream
All pack canoes were meant to be double bladed of course as their sheer is uniformly lower than a typical canoe and the seat lower.
I don't know why the Canak was retired.. It was not light as the rest of pack canoes ( about 10-20 lbs more) but not really heavy either
Well we do here too but back in 2012 I thought it was tastyMoose Drool. Missoula, Montana. We have better here in Bozeman!
What I love about the Canak is the idea of it, the theory and the rarity... I hope to find one for sale next year in great condition but my ultimate hope is Wenonah would bring it back so I can order one. I mean a Canak in graphite would be sweet!Maybe. Pack canoes usually come with adjustable footbraces, not all though. I have a Monarch and the seat goes up and down but doesn't slide. Yes it is a terrific boat. You can't have it till I die.
You know we are going down the rabbit hole of what's a canoe and what's a kayak?
this calls for a can of Moose Drool (coming home from a trip last week N of Flagstaff Lake we came across a moose on the road.. It had the nerve not to wait for my camera to be activated)
You know we are going down the rabbit hole of what's a canoe and what's a kayak?
What I love about the Canak is the idea of it, the theory and the rarity... I hope to find one for sale next year in great condition but my ultimate hope is Wenonah would bring it back so I can order one. I mean a Canak in graphite would be sweet!
I'll call dibs on that Monarch!!Maybe. Pack canoes usually come with adjustable footbraces, not all though. I have a Monarch and the seat goes up and down but doesn't slide. Yes it is a terrific boat. You can't have it till I die.
You know we are going down the rabbit hole of what's a canoe and what's a kayak?
this calls for a can of Moose Drool (coming home from a trip last week N of Flagstaff Lake we came across a moose on the road.. It had the nerve not to wait for my camera to be activated)