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DEFENDING THE HONOR OF MY PELICAN/COLEMAN CANOE!
ospam (Larry Cable) wrote:
Give it up, I'm very familar with your canoe. I've been pulling these things
out of rivers for almost 25 years. It's a thin poly boat reinforced with
aluminum tubing.
Larry,
That it probably is. I'm all too familiar with Coleman's and agree
with your assessment of their design and performance.
However, I noted in the latest issue of Paddle Dealer that Pelican is
comeing out with two new "touring" canoes with a foam-core composition
(RamXcel) and - drum roll please - NO clumsy aluminum armature.
So far, so good. Unfortunately, from what I've seen in photos of the
new Pelican line, the same basic "stackable" hull shape has been
retained to facilitate shipping the boats nestled.
And these improved Pelicans will be considerably more expensive than
the previous aluminum-armature versions. The 15' Coleman/Pelican with
the aluminum frame was routinely sold for $250. The new version
Pelicans MSRP at $449 for the 14 footer and $549 for the 16 footer.
Given the still inefficient "stackable" hull design the same amount of
money will continue to buy a far better designed used canoe made by
Dagger, Old Town, Mad River, Mohawk, etc.
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