Larry Bliven wrote: > > i've been told that Gene Jensen designed some canoes for Mohawk... > one was a touring 2 seater, the other a solo. (during the '70s?) > > anyone know how to id Jensen's Mohawk canoes? The Jensen-designed solo is the Challenger. A friend of mine uses one of these on our wilderness river trips in northern Canada. It is an excellent design for this purpose. Properly outfitted, it can handle whitewater up through Class III (even when fully loaded). My friend has never capsized in this boat. It is also reasonably efficient on flatwater. I've paddled one on a number of occasions, and it's an excellent design. Of course, Mohawk has discontinued it. They have replaced it with an "improved" design (the Odyssey), which has the same dimensions (14'2" long, with about a 30" beam and a 14" depth at center). Hopefully they didn't mess around with the hull below waterline--it looks like they just added some tucks up near the gunwales. I haven't paddled the new one. Jensen designed some great canoes. Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 06 1999 - 07:56:20 PST
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