On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 04:16:22 +0000, Garrison Hilliard wrote:


If you are happy paddling a plastic
trashcan with an aluminum frame out of a lawn chair, more power to you.

You're obviously not familiar with the Pelican Explorer canoe, also.

Just to let you know, my canoe is VERY similar to the one found at

http://www.pelican-intl.com/page.asp...rID-10_sPos-0;

except that believe that my boat has a slightly flatter bottom and is termed an
"Explorer".

p.s. And yes, I LIKE and have used the used the little cooler at midships!

In article , Garrison Hilliard
writes:

You're obviously not familiar with the Pelican Explorer canoe, also.

Just to let you know, my canoe is VERY similar to the one found at


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. The only thing that these boats have going for them is that
they are just about the cheapest canoe you can buy. If that is your only
concern, then why bother posting. If you actually think it is a wonderful
performing boat, then you haven't ever tried a real canoe.

A quick web search can give you a dozen canoes that are within $150 dollars of
the retail on these boats. Many of these are far superior canoes in both
durability and performance. Why do you think that these are marketed to what
amounts to the non-paddling public? Because anyone that has done a bit of
research and demoed a few boats, or has paddling experience, doesn't buy them.


SYOTR
Larry C.

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.