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I have installed many a Wenonah footbar and can relate. My inseam is 28 inches and the tendency is to mount in a location that provides some adjustment for oneself. It would be fine if you could guarantee that the boat would never be sold or paddled by anyone else. I usually mount so that I...

Well, it's mostly water, which is why it tends to disperse and leave a little slick behind the boat. Some of the minor ingredients are 'proprietary' but the MSDS sheet does list some environmental issues. I had a bit of a discussion with the folks at Hornbeck a while back who on the one hand...

They've never been too free with their phone number, but the email address is on the website. On my invoice from 2021 there is 315-244-4037, if you want to try that. There is a lot of rocker on the GRB Rambler, but did not appear to be any on the Classic XL hanging in their barn. Wouldn't be...

That is an awesome find!

Well, to their credit, they do claim to use American made Kevlar in their builds, unlike Wenonah who uses Chinese made Twaron. Last year there was a Stellar dealer on the west coast that was deeply discounting two of these Dragonflys to move them out, so they may have an uphill struggle to gain...

The Chinese have made inroads in the kayaking community with the Stellar line, not sure how willing the canoeing or pack boat buyers will be. Time will tell.

Regarding seat suggestions: Grass River Boatworks has a carbon bucket seat assembly that is very similar to Wenonah's, but the price jumped from $200 to $315 this year. Or, Placid Boatworks has a fixed bucket seat in three heights for $200 that I have epoxied in other hulls. Also, there were...

Like Mason said, I think after you try transferring the first couple of holes you will see that the thickness of the kevlar is insufficient to provide guidance to the drill bit and you will end up with sloppy holes. Plenty of space between the old holes to redrill and no one will ever know they...

Ah, I forget what it was like before 'Just-in-Time' manufacturing became the norm.

Yikes! A 45 pound 'Pack'. Folks don't give Old Town sufficient due for the engineering that went into getting the Pack down to 33 pounds from the original Chipewyan 12. I wonder why it took so long for this boat to go from the shop to the dealer?

I have heard others express disappointment with the NW Solo, and still others who swear by them. I can tell you that the Advantage is a real blast on flat water, but a white-knuckle trip in wind and chop.

Sorry, did not mean to imply they were similar hulls, just that I was surprised how slow the Peregrine seemed in general, a perception no doubt exacerbated by the immediate transition from a quasi-racing hull to a lake country tripper. I have owned a great many solos before and since that would...

I went from an Advantage to a Peregrine and was surprised just how slow the Peregrine was. But it was such a pleasure to paddle in almost all conditions I kind of lost the 'need for speed'. I have a Trillium now, but test paddled all of Northstar's solos; just didn't get that speed rush from...

There's a bunch of Facebook Groups like North American Canoe Traders and Northeast Canoe Fanatics that have been fueling the fire on used boats. I missed out on a used Magic a few months ago that someone offered more than asking price after I had set up an appointment. But I am content with a...

I was in Minden for a couple of months when I worked for Bentley/Nevada. Beautiful country, but you ARE a long way from any canoe shops. We are spoiled in upstate NY with any number of canoe retailers and manufacturers, but I still prefer used.

The used canoe market has been challenging since the pandemic, with decent boats selling in minutes. Sometimes it's just easier to bite the bullet and buy new just to avoid the aggravation. Although it's almost as aggravating to endure the price hikes that big manufacturers like Wenonah have...

Sage advice to be sure. I think the majority of us folks who part with the old classics do so because we cannot change the limitations of age and our inability to heft the old hulls anymore.

I paddled many boats that day at the WPSCA on Cooper Lake and took copious notes. Of the three you speak of (Ladybug, Firebird, Illusion), the Illusion was the most agile, but hardest to hold a line. There was a bit of breeze that day and certainly no current on Cooper Lake, but the Illusion...

You should reach out to Canoefred on this forum. I sold my Ladybug to him a few years ago and he recently sold it to get a Firebird for many of the same reasons you cite.

I paddled the Firebird and the Illusion briefly at the WPSCA a couple of years ago. I also had a Ladybug for a few years and I think the Firebird handled more like the Ladybug, although the Ladybug tracked a little better.