Hello all, I'm new here. Briefly: I'm looking for a decent river canoe for recreational paddling. I'm a fisherman and my daughter is 4 and I'd like to start getting her on the water. The boat is not for fishing, rather just to float with the family some and see where it takes us.

I found a decent looking boat in my price range: a Swift Dumoines, $500. The hull has large portions of delamination in the outer layer, it is not into the Royalex. I assume this is the vinyl coating, ? The seller said that the fix is a fiberglass layer. I've been researching and haven't found much about fixing this issue. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks!