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DEFENDING THE HONOR OF MY PELICAN/COLEMAN CANOE!
ospam (Larry Cable) wrote in message ...
But you practically said it was in your opening remark!
I think you're missing the point.
And I know that you are.
The buyers of coleman canoes are generally
just like the buyers of Sea Eagle inflatable kayaks, first time buyers with
little experience or knowledge of boat performance or durablity.
Maybe generally, but I in no way fit your assumption (when you
assume...)! I'm
an experienced boater/sailor who wanted a boat that was tough and
suited for what I wanted to do with it (fishing, park lake paddling,
minor river travel) qand the Pelican "Explorer" fit the bill! I've
used it many times and have
absolutely zilcho, nada, the big goose egg complaints about the
canoe... why are you striving so hard to say that I should?
You don't have
to drop thousands of dollars for a decent boat and for a few hundred more than
these economy boats, you can get a boat that will perform and last a lifetime.
Who says my "Explorer" won't?
Take a Mohawk Nova 17, this boat list for $820 dollars direct from Mohawk and
is a far superior boat in all ways to
the Coleman. You can generally pick up the Old Town Discovery series boat for
a couple hundred under that price. While I find the extra weight of Poly hull a
bit cumbersome, the hull design on these boats are decent and the outfitting is
fair if you stay away from the plastic tractor seats.
So for twice and a half times what I paid for my boat, I can get a.
larger-than-I-wanted canoe made of similar materials with inferior
seats? Gee, thanks!
I've had this same discussion on the inflatable side about Sea Eagles and
others.
But no matter what is said in their defense, the boat is slow, it doesn't
really have a self bailing system and the construction method is suspect. For
pretty close to the same money, you can get a far superior boat from someone
like Innova.
Which has squat to to with Pelican/Coleman canoes versus canoe snobs.
Do the research before you buy. You don't have to accept a poor performing boat
just because you are on a budget.
Nor do I have to purchase an over-priced boat to paddle just because
some fudgehead assumes that he knows what I want my boat for!
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