Bell Magic solo near Milwaukee

[flyingbison]

Looks beautiful. Ad claims it has never been in the water.

https://greenbay.craigslist.org/spo/6124401558.html

Wish I had the extra money for it.

 

[yellowcanoe]

And over priced. It looks like the White Gold Layup gel coated. With perhaps twaron fabric ( it is a carbon /Kevlar weave) but not a Black Gold which was a carbon fiber blanket

No Magic came in at 30 lbs.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031209222126/http://www.bellcanoe.com:80/products/canoes/magic.html

It seems to be a White Gold and at least 10 years old. And way overpriced. You can buy a current year Magic for that price.

 

[flyingbison]

It seems to be a White Gold and at least 10 years old. And way overpriced. You can buy a current year Magic for that price.

I am really curious about why it has been stored in a garage and never been in the water all this time.

 

[Alan Gage]

And over priced. It looks like the White Gold Layup gel coated. With perhaps twaron fabric ( it is a carbon /Kevlar weave) but not a Black Gold which was a carbon fiber blanket

No Magic came in at 30 lbs.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031209222126/http://www.bellcanoe.com:80/products/canoes/magic.html

I agree that it's not going to be 30 pounds and that it's over priced but I don't know that it's the white gold layup. The kevlight and black gold layups where both available with colored gel coat. I wasn't aware that Bell ever used a carbon/kevlar co-weave but nearly all their kevlar cloth, except the really old boats used that Kevlar cloth with black strands mixed in with the standard color. I believe Charlie said it was two different type of Kevlar (49 and 29?).

Alan

 

[yellowcanoe]

It may not be .. to my recollection there were odd Black Gold layups with the gel coatcolored.. Could be all Kevlar. Still doesn't compute to me as a Black Gold..
http://sweetcomposites.com/Fabric.html

I do remember that Bell and maybe Charlie did some fabric fiddling.. But ... the seller still has stars in their eyes.