These two boats are suitable for what you want to do.

Mad River Guide or the Wenonah Rendezvous.

All the other white water boats you mention are not made for tripping.
White water boats are made to spin and maneuver, not designed to carry
a lot of gear.

Knu-dewd

"Richard Ferguson" wrote in message
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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



Mad River Explorer 16'. Best all-around whitewater/tripping boat out there.
The shallow-V does give it a bit of unsteadiness for poling, but it paddles
class 3-4 waves with a load of gear, and its a fine playboat when empty.

Be sure to find a hull from when they were made in Vermont, however.

--riverman