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[commodorified]

The Great Canoe Search seems to have been narrowed down to three candidates:

1) 16' Nova Craft Tripper.

2) 15' Abitibi fibreglass.

3) 16' Old Town, model not specified, looks to me like a Charles River or a Camper.

Anyone got any experience with any of these?

Comments

Re: I had an Old Town Camper for years

[catsittingstill]

I had precisely this problem with the Camper. Compounded by the fact that I was going solo.

For what it's worth, and if it's still an issue: best bet--trim it level in the water to remove the weathervane problem. If you have 2 paddlers, one may have to kneel somewhere forward or back of their seat, unless you have enough gear to trim the boat--if you are going solo,, kneel in the middle, near one of the gunwales--that will tilt the boat a bit but you turn the high side of the boat toward the wind (or kneel on the appropriate side) and that reduces the degree to which the canoe catches the wind.

It's still hard to make it track, but this makes it somewhat easier.