Recent content by MikeCornville

I did the hammer test, giving it a good hard blow. No break, no crack, just a small ding. WOW. This polyethylene stuff is pretty dang durable. I feel a lot more confident having given it a good blow. Of course, it's my canoe now. I am running to the bank now - the governor is shutting down the...

Great questions! 1. Weight: I am 275 lbs, and my wife is 165 lbs. 2. Gear: We had our lunch in a small cooler (1 cu ft), two water bottles, and a portage cart. 3. Capsizing: I know we got it in wrong. I didn't want to lay it on all the rocks at the put in place, and there was this...

It's $999 here in the USA. Is the discovery 158 going to get us a lot wetter (and more capsizing like we did) then a canoe like the esquif canyon?

That's a beautiful picture. Yep, the water is green! That is a pretty slow moving part off the river. There are some areas where swimmers lay out on the rocks and sun. Other parts where Kayaker's practice their skills. I am glad it's a wild river!

I could offer him less for the disco if the age really isn't an issue. I've read that 25 years is way beyond the expected life of a poly canoe. Is that just internet misinfo?

Hi all, I am looking for a canoe that would be good for tripping - we would like to build up to doing the length of our local river, some 75-100 miles (depending on the trip). There are a bit of level 1 and 2 whitewater, and some patches of level 3 when it rains. We test paddled a discovery...

Hi, I'm mike and my wife amy and I have taken to water sports since moving to the verde valley - we have a river here, one of the last wild rivers, the Verde River. We've been using the flat bottomed inflatable kayaks for a bit, but would like to try canoeing as there is quite a variety of...