04-21-2012, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 685
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Originally Posted by ppine  New,
Congratulations. You have a real canoe and one I have always had my eye on. They are fast and handle rough water with plenty of room. Did you get the 16 or 17? I like the red color because it is easy to see if the boat turns over. I like the wood trim and having 3 thwarts. The vinyl gunwales are very practical because the wood ones tend to split over the winter. You did good. | I got the 17RX (the Royalex hull knocks about 20 lbs off the weight). The gunwales are actually anodized aluminum. I really like the tall sides, it keeps the waves from splashing over as often when the wind picks up (or the idiots in speed boats don't slow down). Quote: |
That looks like a lovely place to canoe, too. Is that a lake, stream or river that you're paddling onto?
| This is the northwestern tip of Mountain Island Lake near Huntersville, NC. What you're seeing is a sand bar near the Catawba River that's now under water. Quote: |
Beautiful canoe and paddles. When do you leave on your big trip?
| Unfortunately the Mississippi River trip will have to be pushed back until Next August. I got blitzed by an infection in February that had me hospitalized for three days and caused me to miss almost 2 weeks of work. Much of the money for the trip is beings paid to the hospital. But it's not off, just delayed a bit. That canoe will see all of the nation's largest river. I do indeed.
"I'll forget the pain it took to finish, but I'll always remember it if I quit."
~Brian Foux |
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