I've never paddled a Phoenix, so I can't compare it to anything.
I have a 2001 Bell black-gold Bell Wildfire that I'm willing to sell to members here for $1200. I'd say it weighs 35 lbs. and is a very tough laminate: clear gel coat over carbon over a Kevlar interior with a Conk seat. I've day tripped, week tripped and done Freestyle in the Wildfire—on lakes, rivers and twisty creeks all over the eastern U.S. from the Adirondacks to Florida. I'm 5-9 and my weight ranges from 170 to 200 depending on whether my diet is working or not, and if I am advancing or retreating in age.
Age is the only reason I'm selling the Wildfire, one of my very favorite boats of the 22 I've owned. I bought last spring a 21.8 lb Savage River Illusion, which serves similar maneuverability purposes for me now as the Wildfire while being much lighter (and astronomically more expensive). I haven't yet put my Wildfire up on the Classifieds here for sale because I'm too lazy and also still too emotionally attached to the canoe. Anyone can contact me via PM about it until I put it up for formal sale, probably next month.
Here it is on top of my car in mid-July and on the banks of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks a few days later.
I have a 2001 Bell black-gold Bell Wildfire that I'm willing to sell to members here for $1200. I'd say it weighs 35 lbs. and is a very tough laminate: clear gel coat over carbon over a Kevlar interior with a Conk seat. I've day tripped, week tripped and done Freestyle in the Wildfire—on lakes, rivers and twisty creeks all over the eastern U.S. from the Adirondacks to Florida. I'm 5-9 and my weight ranges from 170 to 200 depending on whether my diet is working or not, and if I am advancing or retreating in age.
Age is the only reason I'm selling the Wildfire, one of my very favorite boats of the 22 I've owned. I bought last spring a 21.8 lb Savage River Illusion, which serves similar maneuverability purposes for me now as the Wildfire while being much lighter (and astronomically more expensive). I haven't yet put my Wildfire up on the Classifieds here for sale because I'm too lazy and also still too emotionally attached to the canoe. Anyone can contact me via PM about it until I put it up for formal sale, probably next month.
Here it is on top of my car in mid-July and on the banks of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks a few days later.
