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The general consensus here seems to be that the regular Blacklite is more durable than its weight would imply. I've bounced my BL...

I'm at Canoecopia looking at it. Seems like a good fit for a rivers and lakes boat, probably overkill for a lakes and rivers boat. Thats...

Some Moore Canoeing School pictures from the Wayback Machine. Where's the Andante? This may be Pat and his instructors, Kimberly...

Pat Moore denied that his "cod head" canoes were fishform, if fishform is defined as having the center of buoyancy ahead of the...

That was my first thought, but then, most solo canoes sold nowadays seem to be designed for fishing, with an active dog or two. The...

I didn't know they made spruce poles! I started with a great spruce pole gifted to me by a retired Maine guide named Jared. It snapped...

I could pretty interested in this as not only a bigger guy, but someone who doesn’t have the budget to add say a phoenix to the roster...

I think that's termed "playful" in the sales brochure. :)

No first hand experience. Just looking at the boat it appears that it would be happy or maybe even anxious to lean to the rail. I think...

I think M Clemens may have it right. Given CEW's comments and the 12' 6" length, maybe the better canoe to compare with the Andante is...

At 12'6' it might be a fairer comparison to the Mayfly, if a comparison must be made. Some tidbits from CEW:

I agree with every thing you pointed out. I did not mean it was a direct cross to the Ladybug just that it should preform similar...

Thanks Glenn: The Dagger is Royalite, so definitely the lightest. Final decision still pending, but planning on a two boat speed test...

Looks like a really fun hull!

In some ways, compared to Pat Moore's other designs, but it looks like there are some important differences between this hull and David...