Ordered my new canoe

[762X39]

It's home!!!

I took my new toy home 2 weeks ago and have had it out once since then. I just loaded it back on the small truck to take it out for the next 2 weeks. I'll have it on the Ottawa or Mattawa river tomorrow (maybe Sunday) and then the North Channel and Lake Wolsely on Manitoulin Island for the next 2 weeks.

 

[762X39]

I took my new toy home 2 weeks ago and have had it out once since then. I just loaded it back on the small truck to take it out for the next 2 weeks. I'll have it on the Ottawa or Mattawa river tomorrow (maybe Sunday) and then the North Channel and Lake Wolsely on Manitoulin Island for the next 2 weeks.

Sorry.This time I'll include the photo.

 

[grahamfitter]

That's a gorgeous boat - hope you have lots of good times.

Side question: That's the small truck?

Cheers,
Graham

 

[calamaridog]

How much does it weigh?

 

[upcruiser]

Wow, that thing looks great. Definately something that will be handed down for generations in your family.

 

[762X39]

How much does it weigh?

It weighs 50 lbs.

 

[Streakerfreak]

It weighs 50 lbs.

Not bad at all.

 

[762X39]

Side question: That's the small truck?

Cheers,
Graham

Here's a shot of my canoe up at Murphy's Point on Manitoulin Island. Oh and an F150 is your small truck when you have a Benz for the serious stuff

 

[calamaridog]

Wow, only 50 lbs:Wow1:

I am surprised as I thought it would weigh more. I have no experience with wooden canoes at all. I've never paddled one before... don't remember seeing one for that matter.

Very neat!

 

[762X39]

It's a funny thing about the weight. It is barely more than some of the Kevlar canoes that I looked at and yet it is just as durable. Kevlar punctures very easily on sharp rocks and stuff (ballistic armor can stop 762 but it can't stop a stiletto). I happen to think that a cedar canoe is a bit more satisfying than Kevlar, Royalex or whatever.The care it requires is rewarded by the satisfaction of using it and staring at it (like a hot babe...).

 

[burke]

That is one beauty of a canoe...if it were mine I would have to store it inside. Maybe use it as a coffee table.

 

[jh504]

That is a very nice canoe, I know you are proud of it. I would like to build one like that one day. That will happen when I have my own shop.

 

[firemansxterra]

that is one really good looking canoe! how does it track on the water?

 

[762X39]

that is one really good looking canoe! how does it track on the water?

I found it very easy to spin it around in tight quarters ( I like to moose hunt on pothole lakes and have to get over beaver dams and through tight spots between tall weeds). It is a little tougher to keep it going in a straight line but as I get better with it that should improve.

 

[762X39]

That is one beauty of a canoe...if it were mine I would have to store it inside. Maybe use it as a coffee table.

I store it in my hallway (11 foot ceilings).