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Whitewater canoe for tripping?
Richard Ferguson wrote: The Dagger Caption was mostly a tandem boat, the only one that I have ever seen was rigged as a tandem. I have seen one reference that suggests that Old Town will start building Captions, but no firm info. I have never seen or heard of a Whitesell canoe of any kind in the Colorado area. I think that they may be a regional boat, probably could find some east of the Mississippi. As you say, the Sunburst II looks a lot like my Camper, although it is narrower. http://www.evergreencanoe.com/canoe_sunburst_ii.html Evergreen canoe has a couple of US dealers on the East Coast, most of their dealers are in Canada. Many of the small canoe manufacturers do not have widespread distribution. I have never seen or heard of a Sunburst or a canoe made by Evergreen in the Colorado area. Anyway, I think that the boats that you are recommending are not likely to be available in the Rocky Mountain area, used or new. I have seen various Dagger canoes in Colorado, so any model of Dagger might be available on the used market. Similarly, Old Town, Bell, Mohawk, and Esquif are sold or have been sold in Colorado. The new whitewater boats that I have seen in Colorado are mostly Esquif, due to the one Esquif dealer. I think that I know one guy who has a radical looking Millbrook boat, forget which model, but I think that he drove to New Hampshire and picked it up. I take it that you are closer to the East Coast than the Mississippi. Richard Mothra wrote: OutrageX is a great boat, not my first choice for camping but you couldn't go wrong with the boat overall. The Caption used to be a Dagger design; wasn't it a tandem boat? I can see it's predecessor, the Caper, being used solo tripping but I really don't think the Caption performed all that well solo. The Sunburst II that I recommended is sort of like your Camper in that it has a pointy snout and tail but it has high gunwhales and it an old style whitewater boat. If you get it, you can sell your Camper. I've got to put a pitch in for an old style Whitesell Pyranha. It's totally whitewater - actually it was based on the Sunburst but with a rounded snout and tail and also a very interesting rounded midsection. It would handle camping gear extremely well while being a total whitewater boat. Honestly, I'm not too keen on even using a 13 foot OutrageX as a camping boat - maybe an overnighter, but it's really not going to perform well with a load. The Whitesell Pyranha or the Sunburst II would. -- http://www.fergusonsculpture.com Sculptures in copper and other metals |
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