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Maybe Bob could bury some emergency beer rations at every portage for you in advance.

YOLOboat?

Yup. This is closer to what I've grown to expect in other boats. And maybe I can dremel out the old Wenonah setup.

Thanks for that. Any thoughts on Harmony Keepers as an alternative?

So I snuck out of work early and hit the lake for a few hours today. Initial impressions: It's a lot lighter on initial stability than my Old Town barges, but I didn't fall in. So maybe it's "good enough". Did have that "tippy" sense that gradually faded as I went. I didn't push the...

The seller reached back out to me with some photos that may be of historic interest, especially to anyone who Googles their way into this thread. He says the Advantage was designed by Dave Kruger, who is pictured here (the one with the full beard) paddling his own Advantage:

Yeah, that's what I hear! I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like on the water. The weather forecast has more thunderstorms lined up for us after work today, so it looks like I get to try her out tomorrow at the earliest.

Tandems are actually off the menu. Nobody in the house enjoys tandem paddling. I really dislike it so I can respect when everyone else says they dislike it. Eyes on the prize, though: wife & I are up first. The Wenonah Advantage was just a stroke of luck. I need some time in that boat to get a...

Hey, welcome. I'm back to paddling recently after an extended hiatus myself. Figuring things out and gearing up for my first trip. I hope you enjoy our little community.

Perfect! I can work with that.

So that empty yellow wall on the far end... Paddles, PFD's, etc will hang there. That's one of my Winter projects. There is still a motorcycle that goes in that open space in the far end, but it's in the shop now. When it comes back, I'm selling it and that $$$ goes to the RapidFire. I say...

There's room to hang at least two more boats from the rafters after I reconfigure the lighting. The Next and the Kayak may go to make room for lighter pack boats like Hornbecks or something. Not loaded; just trying to get a whole family on the water. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I think the fellow I bought it from is the original owner. Both of his boats were racing boats. The Advantage hadn't been paddled in at least 15 years, was literally an ornament on his living room wall until I arrived. He had quite an array of fancy looking paddles nearby, for only the two solo...

Now if the weather forecast would stop showing me thunderstorms every day... Looks like I might get an opening to try it out Thursday after work. My wife was blown away by how light it is, but as she was helping me to get everything up on the racks she wanted to lift the Advantage up herself...

I may be too big for it. But my fleet serves a family of five, and all of the other paddlers are slender females. If I end up not using it much, one of them will. The one thing my wife insists on going forward is light weight boats... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The seller was very friendly, intelligent, not a doofus. I think he just really wanted to keep one of the two boats.

So I'm back... I took the Advantage and also negotiated his canoe rack, which saves me a near-term DIY project. I have to extend the arm length on the bottom shelf to accommodate my Old Town Camper 16RX (way too wide), but otherwise here's the state of the fleet... Next move is to get the...

There's a fella who posted a couple of boats on our local Craigslist who lives only a few miles from me... I think some of the math is funny, but I can reconcile against online specs. I'm leaving shortly to go have a look-see. I notice that buying both boats together is more $$$ than buying...