I'm in the market right now for a new canoe myself. There are lots of companies. A good tripping canoe is the WE NO NAH sundowner. Mohawk is located near me in Florida, I own one of their boats. The make rather inexpensive canoes of not the highest quality. I,m looking at a Canadian company that makes kevlar models of type of old strip canvas canoes. Bill mason swore by the prospector line. If you go to canoe and kayak magazine web site, they have links to their advertisers.Lots of canoe manufacture web sites are there. http://www.nbcanoe.com/products.htm is the web site to the canadian company that makes the kevlar models of the old prospector and other classic canoes. Good luck in your search Phares Heindl Phares M. Heindl P. A. Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer Phone 407-865-5700 Fax 407-865-5758 Web: www.heindllaw.com e-mail: injurylaw_at_afo.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Phares wrote; (SNIP) > > I,m looking at a Canadian company that makes kevlar models of type of old > strip canvas canoes. Bill mason swore by the prospector line. > If you go to canoe and kayak magazine web site, they have links to their > advertisers.Lots of canoe manufacture web sites are there. A word of warning. Not all "Prospector" canoes have the original "Prospector" shape or the "Prospector" shape that Bill Mason liked. I did an article about the Prospector many years ago for Kanawah magazine and in my research found lots of boats called "Prospectors". Some builders use their existing boats and just put a "Prospector " name on the side. The boats do not even remotely resemble the original. Some have keels (Bleechhh). Algonquin Outfitters in Dwight, Ontario sell one that comes pretty close to the original (I have no connection with them). I have heard that the Bluewater "Prospector" comes close but can't speak from personal experience. The Chestnut company changed the shapes of their canoes regularaly to suit tastes and buyer preferences. Many of the boats built in their last days of existence got stored improperly and had lopsided hulls. One manufacturer of fibreglass "Prospectors" copied a lopsided boat. :-) When Chestnut folded the moulds got sold to several different companies. One can't say how well they got stored or which versions they got. I short, a "Prospector" may always be a canoe but it may not be a "Prospector". The one failing of the Prospector for most people has to do with its shape which worked best with heavy loads and not the more lightly loaded recreational paddling that most people do. Not a huge deal but worth considering. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, John Winters wrote: > The one failing of the Prospector for most people has to do with its shape > which worked best with heavy loads and not the more lightly loaded > recreational paddling that most people do. Not a huge deal but worth > considering. ;-) I can definitely vouch for this difference. My most recent unexpected swim was from leaning an empty wood/canvas prospector when paddling it tandem. She flipped mighty quick when leaned a bit too far... kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
John Winters wrote: > Phares wrote; > > (SNIP) > > > > I,m looking at a Canadian company that makes kevlar models of type of old > > strip canvas canoes. Bill mason swore by the prospector line. > > > A word of warning. Not all "Prospector" canoes have the original > "Prospector" shape or the "Prospector" shape that Bill Mason liked. >From their web site: "This canoe has been adapted from the well known Chestnut Prospector Fort model. " "Adapted" is the significant word. The same can be said of "Greenland style kayak" Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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