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Hello Everyone!

I'm based right outside Boston, teach during the school year west of the city, and in the summer serve as a river guide in the Su-As-Co watershed (in that gig, we use only Old Towns, Penobscots 17 and Campers 16, 1 Pathfinder).

Personal boats include two Northstars, two Nova Crafts, four Mad Rivers - all told, I am short on storage space and clearly have too many boats. Now and then consider selling my kevlar Malecite or my '85 Explorer 17 RX - these are the two boats I paddle least often.

The first canoe I owned was a fiberglass Malecite, but I grew up paddling an aluminum Grumman on Lake Champlain and in the ADK.

I often recall what the previous owner of my first Malecite said when he bid his boat goodbye. He put his hand on my shoulder and said, "I'm not a religious man, but out there, on the water, sometimes, it's really somehting."
 
Personal boats include two Northstars, two Nova Crafts, four Mad Rivers - all told, I am short on storage space and clearly have too many boats. Now and then consider selling my kevlar Malecite or my '85 Explorer 17 RX - these are the two boats I paddle least often.
I think you'll be hard pressed to find someone who agrees with you there. Sounds like you have a storage problem.

I have a Northstar Trillium, what are yours?
 
Howdy Neophyte!

I have a Northwind Solo in BL and a Northwind 16 in aramid. The 16 I've rigged in a few ways, including as a solo with a wide center seat. Currently I have a kneeling thwart around 25" behind the yoke, and find this to be my preferred solo arrangement for the boat (I'm solo paddling 99% of the time. My wife goes out for a short paddle about once every two years, and we take a Mad River.)

How's your Trillium experience been?
 
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