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Still do not have data on burden or location, at least by region? I certainly did not intend to leave the impression that RX is the "best" or even a good material for canoes. I think it's too heavy, too soft, impossible to mold in sophisticated shapes, tough to repair; all around, a pretty...

OP hasn't stated intended use or anticipated burden, his size, partner's size, gear, so it's difficult to give meaningful advise. Secondly, the two hulls posited are as close to very poor choices as a guy can come. Poorly designed in a miserable medium, either will be a pain to car top or...

Oh, on clement mornings in-season I have a first cup, paddle something, a tandem, a solo or an SUP board around Eagle Island then enjoy a second cup with breakfast. Elimination is easy in a canoe. Kneeling, angle the blade downward across the rail, an old Rbt Harrison technique; urine running...

I dated an Amazon for a year or so back in the 90s. Great paddler, wonderful forward stroke, sprinted carries with pack on and boat over her head, but I wouldn't buy a canoe from her, too much chance of hidden stresses. Oh, never mind......

Several issues with inflatables beyond lack of pockets. Once inflated they are obtrusive and limit paddling technique like the horse collar items they are. Once inflated they are done until recharged with another cartridge or mouth inflated. Mouth inflation requires inflating before the...

The bike thing has worked for me, always with car at the take out. Dropping and chaining boat and PFD at start, driving to take ut and running back has also worked. My fav is paddling upstream, having lunch, then dropping down with the current; at least a 3X time up to 1unit time down, but...

I started solo paddling when a partner failed to show. [Funny, that happens often?] I turned the MRC Malecite around, knelt against the back bar of the bow seat and was converted to solo. When MRC brought out the Screamer I ordered one of the first, and another in Kevlar when that became...

I've been a minimalist for decades; perhaps a function of sloth, but it bothers me to be carrying more weight than needed, and I'm way too lazy to do a double carry, which is a 3X walk across the portage trail. We find a few rugged solo canoes around 25lbs with carbon, arimid or HDPP and...

Check the New Solo for Smaller People thread immediately below, started by Kim Gass and which, if memory serves, you contributed to twice? The Keewaydin 14 name is clearly stated, hull dimensions given with rationale??

I'm not sure you've achieved your goal. Both are 15 ft long with some waterline reduction where the stems curve into the bottom. Osprey is 30" wide with a flattish, curved, bottom, SRT is 28.5 in wide with a much more rounded bottom. an inch and a half narrower with more rounded chines will...

Different gel colored waterline "patches" are not new. Mike Galt did them on Special ordered Lotus canoes in the late 80s. Swift has offered special order bottom patches since the mid 90s and Hemlock has offered SO patches since the turn of the millenium. They have been standard on Placid...

Cannot tell from the OP's pic just where that center seat is, but if I was gonna haul three in that boat I'd want three seats. Wife in bow, guy in stern, kid ~ in center. I also spent a lot of time solo from that ~ center seat with a kid in each end two decades ago. Thwarts are often missing...

Relative Densities of lamination fabrics, fresh water =1, Fiberglass 2.5, carbon 1.8, aramid 1.4, UHDPE 1, Innegra .8, all rounded to first decimal pt. Carbon and glass are more compression resistant, all others have higher tensile strength. Many items can be made lighter with carbon because...

And, that's why ORC closed Bell, they couldn't get consistently good performance from their work crew. A pre-bend, running the rails through a set of rollers to approximate shear curvature would have helped. A second pass pre-bending in the other direction too match the top curvature; bow to...

Bi Weave Bi Weave The most common bi-weave used in Canoes and Kayaks is a 50/50 blend, with arimid running longitudinally and carbon fill inserted at 90 degrees. As per Sweet Composites, it is ~8 mills thick and weighs 5.6 oz per square yard and costs $29/yd in 50" fabric by the roll. Carbon...

This discussion has moved way past a WTB Peregrine into design, construction and lamination choices. Design: The Peregrine was splashed off a Fiberglass Curtis Nomad, now offered by Colden, with some stem layout added. The resulting hull is flatter in the bottom than the original Yost...

As I look around the room while typing, I see cloths I've not worn in a couple years, unread books, a flashlite that gets used twice a year. When I pack, I use the room concept. One corner for luxuries, one corner for emergency gear and I split the stuff I need to stay alive between the other...

William of Ockham came up with a concept circa 1300 that seems to apply here; that is is often unhelpful to invent more complexity than is needed. While William was discussion theological issues, his concept applies universally as Occam's Razor and often address canoeing problems. The stern...

When Bill Swift desired a series of tumblehomed canoes from Mr. Yost, Bell, Placid and Hemlock were utilizing DY's shoulder, so Bill opted for the smoother curved sidewall, partly hoping to be able to utilize split rather than two piece molds. Split mold open at the back, the hull slipping out...

The Swift Keewaydin 14 has rounded rather than Bell and Placid's shouldered sides and DY's new stepped rocker at the bow. How does one "see" rocker from that i-phone image with the stems under water? The little Key will have radically different outfitting, including kneeling and Sit & Switch...