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Re: Solo canoes
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/24/2011, 12:29 am
In Response To: Re: Solo canoes *PIC* (Kurt Maurer)

: My ears perk up whenever I hear 'solo canoe'.....

: I built my Northwest Canoes Merlin (the 15'-4" one) back in
: '07 mostly just to shut a couple friends up who had been ragging
: on me to try a canoe. It was weird building a boat I didn't
: particularly want, and that I had no reason to believe I would
: like much. But lo and behold they were right. That boat is on my
: racks right this minute, and I literally love it better each and
: every time I take it out.

: Since I'm such a hopeless cold weather weenie, I've pretty much
: became a winter canoeist and a summer sea kayaker. The canoe
: keeps me dry as a bone from head to foot, from start to finish,
: except for sweat. I was finally convinced to give it a go when I
: saw my paddling buddy in his Swift Shearwater keep up with me in
: my Outer Island, and keep up a conversation the whole time.
: These boats are fast! Also makes the world's BEST fishing boat.

: The Merlin is an asymmetrical design, although it's hard to tell
: just from looking. I also now own a Wenonah Advantage, and
: J-201, both in ultralight kevlar, as well.

: Maybe I need to take a picture of my freshly carved traditional
: ottertail paddle now....

There is just something different about how a nicely designed canoe feels and how it handles compared to a kayak, specially after you get used to skinny kayaks and the "skinny" canoes then feel stable :)

Nice to have both. Now I'd really like to build a couple canoes, perhaps a nice lapstrake one?

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Cherry Canoe Paddle *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/22/2011, 1:23 pm
Close-up of the blade *NM* *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/22/2011, 1:23 pm
Re: Close-up of the blade
Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2011, 5:27 pm
Re: Close-up of the blade
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/23/2011, 10:40 am
Re: Close-up of the blade
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 3:17 pm
Solo canoes
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/23/2011, 3:54 pm
Re: Solo canoes
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 4:59 pm
Re: Solo canoes *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 1/23/2011, 6:44 pm
Re: Solo canoes
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 12:29 am
Re: Solo canoes
Kurt Maurer -- 1/24/2011, 10:11 am
Re: Solo canoes
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 2:25 pm
Re: Solo canoes
Ralph Merriman -- 1/24/2011, 3:28 pm
Re: Solo canoes *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 1/24/2011, 6:52 pm
Re: Solo canoes
Ralph Merriman -- 1/24/2011, 9:04 pm
Re: Solo canoes
Bill Hamm -- 1/25/2011, 2:02 am
Re: Solo canoes *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/24/2011, 4:08 am
Re: Solo canoes *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 1/24/2011, 12:46 pm
Re: Solo canoes
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 2:28 pm
Re: Solo canoes
Bill Hamm -- 1/24/2011, 2:31 pm
Re: Solo canoes hull shape
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/24/2011, 6:21 pm
Re: Solo canoes hull shape
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/26/2011, 5:26 am
Re: Paddle: Cherry Canoe Paddle
Paul Wiley -- 1/23/2011, 3:28 am
Re: Paddle: Cherry Canoe Paddle
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 6:24 am
Re: Paddle: Cherry Canoe Paddle
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/23/2011, 10:34 am
Re: Paddle: Cherry Canoe Paddle
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2011, 3:22 pm
Re: Paddle: Cherry Canoe Paddle
Bill Hamm -- 1/25/2011, 2:25 am
Re: Paddle: Cherry Canoe Paddle
Robert N Pruden -- 1/25/2011, 11:36 am