I live near the home of the Buffalo Bills. We have had two significant snow falls this year, 7+ feet around Thanksgiving and our Christmas blizzard which shut down Buffalo for a week leaving 6+ feet of snow and multiple deaths.
February is usually a snowy month but we had 60 degrees here...
I bought a Curtis Solo Tripper about 5 years ago, paid $600.
$1995, even with the few extras, is an extraordinary price.
Hold your hands high, just ask what caliber the seller is using.
At almost 72, carrying a basket of laundry upstairs is becoming challenge. I hesitate to think how i am going to carry a 42 pound canoe up the bank.
Paddling is still OK, just a little slower than i used to go.
My first owned canoe was a 1937 Old Town HW that I purchased in 2006 as a replacement for a 1931 OTCA.
The family dispute was resolved, but I still have both boats, along with a Wenonah Solitude and a Curtis Solo Tripper.
My Grandfather had a summer cottage (now mine) on a small lake in Susquehanna county in northeastern PA. He purchased a 17 foot OTCA in 1931. That canoe was the first for me.
I spent summers there from the time I was 5 until 16. It is still one of my favorite places. Now, my grandkids enjoy the...