Pat Moore Andante

[DrewS]

I have heard tell of the Pat Moore Andante. I have talked to people that have demoed it with Pat but have never been able to find one in the flesh. I was beginning to think that Pat made one demo and it no longer existed. Discussing the spec sheet and write up by Pat Moore with Dave Curtis we both think the Andante was Pat’s design to be Ladybug ish. A more maneuverable and playful canoe. I have 9 Pat Moore molds and was unsure if the andante was one of them. When recently a Pat Moore Andante popped up on the Freestyle canoe facebook page for sale I had to have it. (Thanks Joe Geronimo and Marty Cuff for helping with transportation). Upon looking at the canoe I definitely have the mold. I will have it at the WPASCR for people to paddle. Does anyone else have any info on the Pat Moore Andante? Thanks Dustin

I had one shipped up from Hilton Head along with 2 of his new paddle designs . It was for a woman (a Dr Joyce can't remember her last name) she liked paddling my Reverie 2 and was a small stature woman...
Oh I also had some of those mold too at one time, as Pat didn't want to take them down to Hilton Head but he sent someone for them after I said I wasn't moving to help run his shop.
There's a Magnum mold still floating around in the Madison area, as I left it there when I moved from a divorce.
The video on paddling technique with Pat in the Grumman with shovel was filmed at my place as I was living on Lake Waubesa.

 

[DrewS]

The Andante was not designed yet at time of those photos...

That's probably a Proem in photo

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Thanks for that interesting history, @DrewS.