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Lovely canoe, I guess after the first big trip thr bottom will look different. Drilling holes in new boats is something to get used to. Enjoy the paddling

The wilderness is a great allrounder. A bit underrated by many .

I have no fb so can not comment. Bell has done some iterations in their airtanks . As far i know they always did a 2 piece gunnel . Either zilver or bronze anodized . Same as te current northstar ones

Sadlly i am of limited help. As far as i know no Dragonfly mark 1 or 2 have made it into europe. Certainly i did not paddle one. I find the topic very interesting. As I like paddling in similar fashion. Altough i have a couple of decades before i am 77. I admire your love of...

I'd get a lighter version of whatever than I now have, but it has to be rock resistant. Finding the balance between weight and strong, is always difficult. The older we get, the weight will be more of a problem and we need to find waters that are less challenging.

I'm pretty sure that the only large production volume canoes that are regularly sold without any gel coat are Northstars and the epoxy Swifts Wenonah skincoat? I have no clue if that is gelcoat or.....

The last couple of months I enjoyed being on the forum. Now not so much. Bloody ocean. Great canoe for a decent price.

My problem is the 29-year-old blue thing in this picture, which is now too costly to repair or replace. I have no towing vehicle. What to do now this particular canoe? I was listenting to a podcast. Where cilff said the most important guy on a canoe exp is the car repair guy... it seems not...

@Glenn if you are so attached to your fleet. It might be good to start thinking about new homes for them for later ( When that later is , is up to you) . Around me , there are a number of relatives struggling with finding good new homes. I am one of them , my dad passed away this...

As Glenn revealed he wiĺ.have a new boat. It seems approtriate to start guessing what it is.

I guess there needs to be a pole abou t Glenn s next boat.

None naar Amsterdam

It looks great. ENjoy looking at it each day

That wavy gunnel line/asymmetrical hull is freaky but so interestingly inspired. I love where and how these designers are taking things way outside any known envelopes. I see big similaritees if i compare this new boat gunnel lines to a wnn itasca or grb morarch both are a bit longer the...

Last year swift introducés the lavaille .. that is 15 deep and their big tripper ish. Not sure if they still build the tenemagami. That is a freighter. This new boat seem more for the week woriors. I think 90% of the canoe buyers.

The english like to drillen. Most in have pe or a bit less heavy royalex. If they take them on whitewater many times they paddle on scrappy shallow streams . There seems a fairy tale over there about ripping eyelets. I like much what they do. Not mu h the drieling part

I guess a seperate topic is usefull. 3 reasons ; If there was the best boat there should be more knowlegde about it. 2 can somebody that ownes one make a short video of the lines/ hullshape? Many look at numbers lenght width height capacity rocker. But those are almost as nothing saying...

I so wish there was a good varnish/ oil that would preserve the wood and keep showing the different colors

In short there are a few sentences that keep comming back in this kind of questions 1 a canoe is better then no canoe The prefered amount of canoes is for many n + 1. Many ( english) canoeists will try to convice a prospector is the best canoe. Next will be a debate over what is a...

Over here the german company helmisport makes covers with velcro for decades. They over no other way of attachment. The rest are a zillion options. So i guess it does the job. I got some experiance with those and is worked well. Their covers are not for whitewater.