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Help a brother (in-law) out. My BIL has a couple canoes I repaired and gave him years ago, an old Shenandoah/Blue Hole beast and a Dagger Reflection 16. He wants something solo and “I prefer to sit on a seat than straddle a saddle. I also don’t feel like this is a time in my life to go after class 3 or 4. (getting old)”.
He has become a good paddler and a better poler, but wants something shorter/lighter/more nimble for CL II downriver daytrips. Definitely used ($800 limit), probably Royalex and will put float bags in it. He is around 5’10”, 160 lbs and in good condition (bikes and XC skies)
I’m trying to assemble a “cheat sheet” that he can keep handy when searching Craigslist for such a canoe.
NOTE: We don’t see many used Prospector hulls in the mid-Atlantic region, nor much of anything from Canada or the west coast.
The candidate list so far:
Bell Canoe:
RX Yellowstone Solo (or Wildfire, same boat). 14’ and 44 lbs.
Bell Rockstar. 15’ 6” and 49 lbs (you’ll never find one used).
Dagger:
Legend 15 set up as a solo. 15’ and 61 lbs.
Mad River:
Guide (Freedom Solo, same boat). 14’ 6” and 58 lbs. MRC made a sturdy composite version that was 14’ 9” and 43 lbs.
Legend 15. Mad River picked up the Legend after Dagger folded.
Intrigue (or Horizon 15), 15’ 2” and 56 lbs.
Millbrook:
Millbrook only makes composite canoes, but they specialize in a heavy-duty layup for WW paddlers. These are all “tandems”, but lots of folks order or alter them as solos.
AC/DC (16’ 2”, 45 lbs)
Souhehan (15’ 4”, 44 lbs)
Coho (15’ 6”, 46 lbs).
The latter two are excellent poling boats.
Mohawk:
Odyssey 14 (14’ 2”, 49 lbs)
Old Town:
Cascade (14’ 10”, 59 lbs).
Soloized Appalachian (16’ and heavy at 67 lbs).
Penobscot 15 (15’, 49 lbs) if you could find one.
Soloized Penobscot 16 (16’ 2”, 58 lbs)
Wenonah:
Argosy (14’ 6”, 47 lbs in RX).
Rendezvous (15’ 8” and 59 lbs in RX). With the caveat that some paddlers hate the RX version.
(The Solo Plus doesn’t have much rocker, and the Rogue is too dang big/deep.)
I’m sure there are others. Suggestions for other used CL II solo daytrip canoes I have overlooked are more than welcome before I send him a cheat sheet. Thanks.
He has become a good paddler and a better poler, but wants something shorter/lighter/more nimble for CL II downriver daytrips. Definitely used ($800 limit), probably Royalex and will put float bags in it. He is around 5’10”, 160 lbs and in good condition (bikes and XC skies)
I’m trying to assemble a “cheat sheet” that he can keep handy when searching Craigslist for such a canoe.
NOTE: We don’t see many used Prospector hulls in the mid-Atlantic region, nor much of anything from Canada or the west coast.
The candidate list so far:
Bell Canoe:
RX Yellowstone Solo (or Wildfire, same boat). 14’ and 44 lbs.
Bell Rockstar. 15’ 6” and 49 lbs (you’ll never find one used).
Dagger:
Legend 15 set up as a solo. 15’ and 61 lbs.
Mad River:
Guide (Freedom Solo, same boat). 14’ 6” and 58 lbs. MRC made a sturdy composite version that was 14’ 9” and 43 lbs.
Legend 15. Mad River picked up the Legend after Dagger folded.
Intrigue (or Horizon 15), 15’ 2” and 56 lbs.
Millbrook:
Millbrook only makes composite canoes, but they specialize in a heavy-duty layup for WW paddlers. These are all “tandems”, but lots of folks order or alter them as solos.
AC/DC (16’ 2”, 45 lbs)
Souhehan (15’ 4”, 44 lbs)
Coho (15’ 6”, 46 lbs).
The latter two are excellent poling boats.
Mohawk:
Odyssey 14 (14’ 2”, 49 lbs)
Old Town:
Cascade (14’ 10”, 59 lbs).
Soloized Appalachian (16’ and heavy at 67 lbs).
Penobscot 15 (15’, 49 lbs) if you could find one.
Soloized Penobscot 16 (16’ 2”, 58 lbs)
Wenonah:
Argosy (14’ 6”, 47 lbs in RX).
Rendezvous (15’ 8” and 59 lbs in RX). With the caveat that some paddlers hate the RX version.
(The Solo Plus doesn’t have much rocker, and the Rogue is too dang big/deep.)
I’m sure there are others. Suggestions for other used CL II solo daytrip canoes I have overlooked are more than welcome before I send him a cheat sheet. Thanks.