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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.

2 someones took around the uk. The seaworthyness seems to be proven;) But the topic was inland paddling. So this remark is pointless. No clue about the right answer i seem to change my opinion about it a lot. I have not menaged to get close to own a canoe a decade..

This thread and erica's are the ones that get me and maybe others through this winter. Building bloggs are great even years after. More pics help a lot to tell the story. Looking forward to more progress

The savage rivers i have seen are close to the best composite canoes I have seen, if there was a ' easy' route to buy one in europe i think i had one. I thikn there are less then 10 over herewith a range of designs. The ones that interrest me most , the marc ornstein designs never made it...

I guess there always be less monarch canoes compared to prospectors, explorers ,quetico's to name a few. It is good to see this hull back in production. The gbr monarch is one underrated shape. That not many people put in their shortlist. It is so good

Much more primary stable compared to the polaris. Less glide. I have paddled both briefly and years in between. So it is not great to compare. I think if the conditions are poor i rahter do the polaris. Main thing will be get togehter in some boats buy 1. Put a decent amount of...

Looking forward to tomorrow s breakfast . This is one of the best trip report i have read. Hope the next day has a bit of paddling. It sounds like another big dissission day..

The white was less Beautifull compared to these new ones. Looking forward to rhe new tripreports.

Beautifull story and boat. Hopefully one day you will find a light weight canoe that is nice for freestyle as well.. Keep the stories comming. I like the similarities in end shapes when i looked at this and the swift cruisers. Hope the water gets warm and your can get a feeling for...

A weekend in the Ardennes naar Malmedy in a couple of weeks with many Belgium paddlers and some Dutch and Germans . Hope there will be water for the nice grade 2 rivers. But waterlevels are more for the walking boots. Paddle more from home. Hope there will be some longer trip later in the year.

About th polaris A couple of friends have 1. They look better in thah then in any boat they previously had. Blacklite makes then very comfortable of the water. They are not young anymore . They have expiriance in paddling expeditions and dya trips for decades. They came to the...

John was hinting on his ending at millbrook already a couple of years back. Saldy the day comes closer. Hopefully someone will fill the gap. His stuff is loved at at least 3 continents.

Glad that this has not spread worldwide as big as in the us. Altough yearly it seems to get bigger over here as well. Last investment in canoe / outdoor was last week. The left blade is new to me. It is huge. Not sure what my plans are. It was to close and cheap not to purchase it. I did...

Somekind of summercamp when i was 10. 2 years later my parents gave me a choice between another summercamp and a kids kayak second hand. I chose the kayak. Became a member of a paddling club. Paddled and owned many different canoes and kayaks the 40 years between then and now. Hope...

The first was a mad river quest. Bought second third of more hand. Second i think home build stichting and glue osprey. Bought and sold a number. Now there are 6.