I snagged a fat little frog of a canoe off of craigslist last week. It was grossly misrepresented as an Adirondack Canoe Company 'Algonquin' model - the seller inherited with his barn and didn't care to dig too deeply into it - but after a few phone calls I've ruled that out.
ACC does indeed have an 'Algonquin' model, but they've never made it as a tandem, and they've only been making canoes for four years. This boat has been sitting in a barn for probably twice that time. It's either been appallingly treated, or appallingly repaired (or both), but for a few hundred bucks I'm happy with adding it to the fold.
If anyone knows anything about this model, or anything about who made it and when, please let me know. It's Kevlar, about 12'6", 40lbs, and a whopping 39.5" across the beam. Despite that, it heels beautifully, and the only immediate issue is a few cracks in the very prominent keel that I'll have to address before I put it on the water for any length of time.
ACC does indeed have an 'Algonquin' model, but they've never made it as a tandem, and they've only been making canoes for four years. This boat has been sitting in a barn for probably twice that time. It's either been appallingly treated, or appallingly repaired (or both), but for a few hundred bucks I'm happy with adding it to the fold.
If anyone knows anything about this model, or anything about who made it and when, please let me know. It's Kevlar, about 12'6", 40lbs, and a whopping 39.5" across the beam. Despite that, it heels beautifully, and the only immediate issue is a few cracks in the very prominent keel that I'll have to address before I put it on the water for any length of time.
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