On Nov 17, 5:21*pm, Boater wrote:

Strip or canvas over strip canoes are practical in the appropriate
waters. There are many lakes where using one can be a real pleasure.
I never recommended one for general use in areas where it might be
subject to being banged up.

Not nearly as "practical" as the newer materials. Plastic type canoes
are lighter, therefore easier to load, unload, easier to maneuver,
easier to maintain, easier to store, easier to buy. When and where
would a strip or canvas canoe be "practical" compared to canoes made
with newer materials?

The problem, of course, is that this newsgroup is infested with assholes
who look for something, anything, even in possibly interested on topic
subjects, they can use to post their usual lowbrow insults.

See above. If you are so nostalgic, why do you have a Parker when you
could have an old wooden boat? Maybe even go back further to a dugout
canoe, they are the REAL ones.



We used to canoe when I was a kid on a couple of really nice Connecticut
lakes. Lake Zoar was one of them. I have no recollection of banging up
the Old Town cedar and canvas canoes we were using. This was well before
the days of plastic canoes. There were plenty of aluminum canoes, of
course, but jesus they were ugly. And noisy.-

And of course, now the lies start.