deadlizard wrote:


The Super Lynx handles fla****er well enough and has enough capacity
that I have thought about taking it to Boundary Water Canoe Area when I
go again.

Likely the only Super on a lake system where there will be hundreds of
canoes. Also likely that a decent canoe coupled with decent paddlers
will be faster, cheaper, and have a higher payload?

Double blades give you a tremendous advantage in speed without trying.
The boats that would be as fast with a couple of decent paddlers would
be the kevlar lake touring canoes or even a decent designed glass boat,
neither of which is cheaper by a long shot. I've paddle Boundary Water
a number of times in Aluminum boats and Plastic boats and believe me
that the Super Lynx would be faster and lighter than these. I switched
to renting kelvar boats rather than paddle these boats.

Almost any canoe would have a bigger payload, although most would start
to perform about like a pointy end log when you approach their weight
limit. But I normally do 5 or 6 days in the backcountry with about 100
lbs of gear total, and the Super Lynx would handle that OK. The real
problem would be room rather than weight.


I'm not disputing any of your statements. I like the Lynx family and
I too would prefer taking a Super to the Boundary area over a canoe.
There's something about pushing rubber I can't get over.

The question however was what would you recommend for non-whitewater
use that wasn't junk but cost as little as possible. To me, that's
a $400-$500 category and not $1200.


well as it can and I'm willing to pay extra for that performance. I

What would you recommend if that person wasn't willing to pay extra?

Wish I could like Innova, but just can't seem to.


I really haven't seen a 400 dollar boat that was decent in fla****er,
so I've already given an opinion on what I would recommend for a less
expensive boat, which would be one of the Innovas.

You can putter around on the water on any inflatable kayak, but like I
said, I'm picky about how the boat performs and I want one that is
reasonably suited to the task at hand. Sure, you can buy a Sevylor and
it would work and probably last 5 or 10 years with care, or you can
drop the extra money and get a boat designed for the job and you would
probably never have to replace with even basic care.