"Garrison Hilliard" typed
ospam (Larry Cable) wrote:
Garrison Hilliard
I'm not much of a canoe snob,
Yes, you are, as we shall see.
in fact, I generally kayak, but you get what you
pay for in canoes. Is a coleman ok to screw around on a lake or slow river?
sure it is.
Note that you just put your agreement on record.
But the hull is slow, turns badly and the descending keel line wears quickly.
Will it out last a "Old Town" or "Wenonah"? Not in your wildest dreams. If you
do not whitewater boat, there is no reason why any top end canoe would not last
a life time.
And there's no reason for me to buy a top-price (note, not necessarily top-end) canoe.
The Old Town Discovery series are just as durable as the RamX,
maybe more so (and it's just as heavy). Even the ABS boats will hold up to
abuse, and generally about 10 lbs lighter in similar boats. You would be
amazed at just how much abuse that you can give a fiberglass boat without
any real damage.
And you'd be amazed at how durable and easily repaired my Ram-X hull is,
If you are happy with you boat and that's what you can afford, fine. I'm glad
that you can get on the water. Don't kid yourself into thinking that it is
the best product for the job.
But you practically said it was in your opening remark!
Eh, Garrison, help me; I'm curious. How is "[i]s a coleman ok ...
sure it is" practically the same as "[the Coleman is] the best product
for the job"? Saying that something is "ok" for low-intensity usage
is saying that it is marginally satisfactory; considerably different
from saying it is "the best". Yer not trolling *us*, are you?
If the Coleman is adequate for yer purposes, then perhaps it is the
right boat for you. But your purpose deson't seem to be *boating*, it
seems to be *fishing*! Try yer Coleman on a six-day tour of the
Boundary Waters, or a week on a Canadian river, or a day on Class II
whitewater, and you will see that, when *canoeing* is the primary
purpose, the Coleman is the one of the worst canoes that money can
buy. Buying the worst canoe for the purpose is definitely NOT thrifty
or wise, but buying a $2,000 We-noh-nah when all you need is a $350
Coleman is not very smart, either!
--
-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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