New canoe

[RanchRoper]

Just picked up our new canoe today. Clipper Prospector 16’ Kevlar. Shining times!

No we didn’t get it at Old Navy…

[markiver54]

Very cool! Congratulations.

[RanchRoper]

Thanks we liked it’s old school looks. Good for rivers or small lakes. We have lots with 30 min of home.

[markiver54]

Looks good on that Bronco too!

[BrokenolMarine]

Glad to see you use a front tiedown on the canoe. We taught a lot of various classes related to kayaking and kayak fishing, and tie down was one of them. We encouraged the front tie down strap. So many think it's not needed. Have seen pictures of the roof racks, with kayaks or canoes laying on the side of the road. Cars meeting big rigs head on can give combined speeds of approaching more than 150mph ... that's a lot of lift.

Nice looking canoe... though we are kayak people. Both are quiet and stealthy. Amazing what you can see when your mode of transport is quiet...

[RanchRoper]

Yes the front tie downs are attached to bolts in the body under the hood so not even pulling on the hood itself. We get winds around here a lot.

[BrokenolMarine]

I looked for a pic of ours, they were split, and went to the front tow hooks. They had tennis balls permanently possitioned on both sides to prevent rubbing on the hood/grill of the vehicle. We taught our students to tie them just tight enough to prevent droop in the lines, they didn't need to pull Down on the kayaks, only prevent lift. They often commented later how often they saw those lines tighten, proving they were doing their job... Also preventing stress being transmitted to the rack mounts.

[Ernie]

Nice. I have considered a kevlar canoe since I saw the ad which showed the rock bouncing off one leaving the canoe undamaged (40 years ago?). There were 2 men at one of my accounts in Ontario that were building them and I just couldn't get past the price which was around $1200 back in the 80s. Very nice lines. How much does it weigh?

[Sir Henry]

I’m still admiring the Bronco.

[BigAl52]

Im expecting to see full dress and a flintlock riding bow

[Hatchdog]

I’m still admiring the Bronco.

Yeah, me too.

I have to admit the first thing I saw when I looked at the picture was the color of the canoe, very nice. The second thing I saw was the front tie down which I immediately thought was pretty clever. Great looking set up.

[RanchRoper]

Weighs about 60 lbs. it wasn’t cheap but I watched a video of a guy beating one with a hammer and couldn’t dent it.

Ya not sure wife wants me behind her with a rifle nor do I want her behind me steering…so we’ll stick with paddles and her up front.

[RanchRoper]

I do love my Bronco. Great on fuel and was a beast all winter on bad roads.

[RanchRoper]

Finishing touch.

[markiver54]

Finishing touch.

that's awesome!!

[Hatchdog]

Finishing touch.

Perfect. I can picture you wearing your frontier gear carrying your flintlock paddling your canoe full of Beaver pelts.

Now, which way to the trading post?

[RanchRoper]

Paddle north, if you see a polar bear you’ve gone too far.

[daytime dave]

Great looking canoe and Bronco. I like the finishing touch also. Very cool.

[John E Davies]

I used to have a Wenonah 18 Sundowner, it was fiberglass and 70 pounds. I had to use a Yakima Showboat 66 loader to get it up there from the back of my Land Cruiser. That is a very neat setup, it is for sale now if you want me to ship

https://spokane.craigslist.org/spo/d/s ... 83949.html

John Davies
Spokane WA

[RanchRoper]

That’s a cool rig for loading. Luckily I can toss this up pretty good myself, it’s quite easy to load.