Why am I the only one in a Canoe?

[scoutergriz]

Sounds like the typical donation canoe offered to the local nature center.

Maybe your friend should have offered to haul it off for free (that would be a fair price). At least he could have tried canoeing and if he didn’t like it he could borrow my sawzall.

easier and more pleasing to dig a hole, throw it in, fill it with dirt and plant daisies...

 

[scoutergriz]

Hmmmmmm.....going to have to respectfully disagree with you on that one. Here's a few reasons- all in good fun of course.

*A kayak looks like a brightly coloured plastic suppository that escaped from the Joly Green Giant's medicine cabinet.
*A kayak is what happens when a canoe and a recycling bin have a baby.
*Give a member of the opposite sex the choice between climbing into a cedar strip canoe, or a piece of floating Tupperware that tries to swallow you whole....well, I think the choice is obvious.
*A canoe carries camping gear, fishing gear, and weeks worth of supplies. A kayak can barely carry the emotional baggage of its owner.
*The only way a kayak is sexier than a canoe is if you're attracted to recycled milk jugs.

you missed one- canoes don't look like they've spent the night with an exceptionally "bad girl" after being tied to a roof rack in 100° heat all day...
As for sexy, while some people look good in neoprene- a guy who's walnut brown on top, and whiter than an arctic icefield below, while wearing a rubber miniskirt, just does not add any points in the attractiveness scale...

 

[Tryin']

"*A canoe carries camping gear, fishing gear, and weeks worth of supplies. A kayak can barely carry the emotional baggage of its owner."

 

[Steve in Idaho]

Heck no. I feel sorry for whoever gets stuck in the tandems!

Alan

Sadness all the way around.

 

[canoekevin]

When using a double bladed paddle, you get less water in kayak than a canoe

I am not sure about the water in the boat claim for the double paddle.
I use the J stroke and Canadian and switch sides after every 100 stokes. Hardly any water in the canoe.

 

[Punkinhead]

My friends kayaks always have water in them from getting out to get unstuck due to their refusal to learn to read the river.

 

[Tryin']

I am not sure about the water in the boat claim for the double paddle.
I use the J stroke and Canadian and switch sides after every 100 stokes. Hardly any water in the canoe.

I think he meant that if one uses a double blade, then the open canoe will collect more water than the topped kayak.

 

[Marc Ornstein]

It would be nice if we had some marketing folks, here in the group, along with a production boat builder or two. Perhaps a plan could be hatched to produce a decent, entry level, plastic canoe (think Solo 13 ish) and a marketing plan to go with it. If enough of us got behind a social media campaign, it might just go somewhere. I'm thinking that the price point needs to be below the $1000.00 threshold, maybe $1500.00 That's my gut feeling. Whether or not that's realistic, is above my pay grade.

 

[yixak]

I see the Old Town Discovery 119 listed for $999 and the Esquif Adirondack listed for $1399 at Rutabaga Paddlesports. As a new / inexperienced canoeist tempted by those prices, I'm curious what else you'd like to see in the entry level price range or if what's missing is mostly the marketing.