I have a kevlar kipewa and I've never put it on a scale but I'm sure
it weighs less than 52lbs. It's a nice canoe when loaded up but when
it's light it has a lot more windage than I like. Forget about
paddling it solo in any kind of a breeze.

Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with carbon fibre canoes?

I'm looking for a light weight tripping canoe to use on 3 - 10 day
wilderness trips through Algonquin Park. Mostly flat water paddling with
lots of portages mixed in.

Swift Canoe Co., has just started experimenting with carbon fibre and the
weight difference is amazing: the CarbonFusion Kipawa is only 42 lbs; 10
lbs lighter than the Kevlar version.
http://www.swiftcanoe.com/swift_fusion.html

My wife and I decided to get one, but we are going to wait a while in order
to let Swift work out the bugs in the new process.

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Cheers;
Mike
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