Thinking of buying a whitewater canoe. i deas?

“Anybody have any suggestions as far as length or brand or any other tips?”

“My two person royalex canoe slides off the rocks better than my sisters old aluminum canoe that she stores at the family cabin. Kevlar canoes are too flimsy to whitewater canoe in. Get a two person canoe. Whitewater canoing is tough with one or three people in the canoe. Buy in the fall. Link Brothers Boat Sales in northern Wisconsin knocks hundreds of dollars off their old town canoes around October each year. Canoe people call backpacking a continous portage. But in Boundary Waters in Northern Minnesota type areas, canoes are the only way to go.”

“It are just want it for white water. I would get a dagger with air bags. But if you plan on traveling with it I would get a old town discovery. They are a awesome canoe. If you really want a awesome white water experence get a kayak. I have swithced to a kayak and love it. Nothing like taking on a classIII river in a little 9 foot boat. Check out
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“Thinking of buying a whitewater canoe. ideas?


Yes, get one.”

“Great to hear your interested in paddling. There's nothing better than a day on the water.( other than the trail ) The old town discovery is a great boat. Thats what I paddle more than anything. It will handle up to class 3 rapids very well. You can get float bags for it for around a hundred dollars, which I would recommend. It does help to displace the water that gets inside the boat. But the best thing about the discovery is that you can load it up with all the comforts of home ( INCLUDING COOLER ) and go canoe camping. It has a flat bottom and is very stable. I think they run 7 to 8 hundred new but I see them used around here all the time for 4 to 450 dollars. They are also a very durable boat and will last you a lifetime if of course you don't wrap it around a tree. Happy Paddling”

“i am going to get a kayak too, but i want to get a canoe that will handle up to class 3 rapids”

“I really thought that this was a Stikmon thread.

Sounds like you will be spening a lot of time on the water, Bbinkley. Good luck, have fun.”

“if you want it to handle rapids, c3 conversion canoe

i'm only experienced in expedition whitewater canoes, plastic oldtown canoes - they do the trick, now that's different experience, you can't mess up there, any mistake could be your last when you're 500 miles from any civilization, ok enough of that... i'm not very educated in the types of canoes, i use what they give me, and be happy with it, i'm sure my redwood strip canoe wouldn't handle rapids very well.”

“i hear smokin bunny's are great for draggin on gravel bars.....”