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Originally Posted by craigepo
old town makes a good canoe. A bunch of the smaller canoe companies have went out of business, as the canoe material (royal-x), became really hard to get.
You probably know this already, but in faster water, avoid a keel. Slower water a keel is great to help the wind from blowing you all over the place.
Another good thing about a canoe is you can be a real sturdy seatback, which helps the back immensely during a long day.
That 49-lb canoe would be pretty easy to load and unload yourself.
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Interesting tracking this down, found a used Royalex canoe to try tomorrow... 33lbs. I have little experience with canoes, I see your points. In a kayak a skeg is something that came in handy along the coast once for the reasons you mentioned, American kayaks tend more toward rudders from what I have seen.
For those out in the South East, I have always enjoyed this event:
https://www.ccprc.com/1542/East-Coas...tdoor-Festival
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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
I used to have a sit on top kayak I fished out of. My buddy even went shark fishing in his.
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The waters below take things to a different level, do you get out on the coast there?