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04-20-2019, 05:25 PM
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OT: show me your canoe or kayak
Who here likes spending time on the water in a canoe or kayak? We just sold our kayaks and bought some light weight canoes. We bought Hornbeck Newtricks 12 foot canoes.
Peter Hornbeck has been building canoes in the Adirondacks for 50+ years and is a pleasure to deal with. These are a canoe, but has a hull shape closer to a kayak. You sit on the bottom of the boat and paddle them like a kayak. The big advantage is the reduced weight. Total weight of a 12 foot canoe is 18 pounds versus 55 pounds for the 14 foot kayaks we had. That makes a huge difference when you have to portage them any distance, or lift them on top of our 4wd van. 
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04-20-2019, 05:32 PM
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We blame you. Your canoe was the first we heard of Hornbeck.
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04-20-2019, 06:11 PM
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We have three.
All Jacksons. A 13.5' Kraken, a 15.5' Kraken and a Big Rig. All sit on tops. All great for fly fishing for muskies, smallies and carp. Easy to stand and cast. Super stable, plenty of storage and surprisingly spry on the water. [IMG]  IMG_3346 by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]
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04-20-2019, 06:11 PM
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those are really cool dan! 18# is seriously light!
that van of yours is going to be like an outdoorsman's funplex!
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04-20-2019, 07:32 PM
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No pictures, but I have an Old Town Camper canoe. It is made of Royalex (I believe) which is one of their lightest canoes.
I bought that version because it is light, about 16', and stable for newbies paddling around in the lake. I have had it for about 15 years and it is used, scuffed, never had problems.
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04-20-2019, 07:47 PM
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We kayak out of Narragansett Bay, lucky enough to walk to our launch. My green Lincoln (carbon, no ti avail). Next picture was my favorite paddling buddy who we lost a few years ago. Also have a surf ski, which is my go to during the summer.
IMG_0558.jpg Boots Kayak copy.jpg Last edited by buddybikes; 04-20-2019 at 07:53 PM.
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04-20-2019, 08:17 PM
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04-20-2019, 08:24 PM
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Looking for one atm. Man, they really hold their value.
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04-20-2019, 08:44 PM
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What are these Newtricks like in waves? And is there a way to stay dry in one? I'd love to have a lighter boat than my 50+ pound Perception sea kayak, but I paddle year round on the coastal ponds mostly, here on Martha's Vineyard, and staying dry is important.
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04-20-2019, 10:00 PM
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Nice boats! Congratulations and enjoy!
When I grew up I built a couple of fiberglass canoes with my dad
(And would love to know where they are today) So when each of our daughters turned 13 We build boats together (kits from Chesapeake Light craft...clcboats.com. As I was into kayaking At the time because of my love Of paddling with my Current Designs Solstice GTS. When we moved to the Iowa Great Lakes in 1996 We started THE FAMILY PADDLING by Buying a loon 16T And shortly after a Current Designs Libra XT Which took trips to Isle Royale and the Apostle Islands every summer for over a decade. We build a Chesapeake 16 in 3 months (2002) Then a West River 18 that took us 3 years (2004-2007) And for our youngest, a Petrel cedar strip. We built The strongback in 2008 and the cedar stripper was built in 2009. Finally, in my recovery from surgery in 2011 I bought a stand up paddle board while on an mso4 infusion While my wife was out for about an hour that showed Up on our door a month later. It was put in the rafters of Our basement and moved to our lake place And tucked into the rafters of our garage in 2013. In the summer of 2014 when I was recovering From a 16 cm kidney stone, my daughters Teamed up on the Kaholo paddle board and built It up for me and I did the finishing work. The Malibu II was purchased for our tenth anniversary While we had family on Tampa Bay. We sold the Place on the bay and moved the kayak home In 2006...and still enjoy the sit on top! Our pinnacle of achievement before moving it Was circumnavigating Anna Maria island in 2006. Looks like the license expires this month! Better figure out how to get them current in South Dakota! Thanks for the reminder  Can’t wait for the ice to go out...any day now...
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...until my yearning spirit might proclaim You Last edited by spiderman; 04-20-2019 at 10:11 PM.
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04-21-2019, 05:33 AM
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If someone wants lightness, speed, and not the concerns of flipping then getting the water out/climbing in, these are great boats:
https://www.stellarkayaksusa.com/S14S-surf-ski https://www.stellarkayaksusa.com/S16S-surf-ski My wife got me the 14S in kevlar for my 60th, 28 lbs she was concerned about me heading out by myself
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04-21-2019, 03:27 PM
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No picture to post but I have an Old Town Penobscot 16 canoe. The old one with the wicker seats (much better than plastic for the hot days). My wife and I love it. Very easy to maneuver. Tough and lightweight. I’ve heard a great trekking canoe, but we haven’t used it for that yet.
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