Who's hunting arsenal includes a canoe this year?!

[eidsvolling]

Originally posted by Flingblade:
Also have an Old Town Penobscot 17 in royalex that will carry some weight but doesn't paddle real well solo.

I added a third seat to mine for that very reason. It works best with a double-bladed paddle, given the hull width at that point. I use a large water container for ballast in the forward end as needed. I removed the third seat the other day for the upcoming moose hunt.

(For those who don't know, this canoe has virtually symmetrical ends, so paddling it "backwards" works quite well.)

 

 

[Flingblade]

eidsvolling,  That is a great idea.  I assume you ordered the extra seat from Old Town?  I would think with the extra seat mounted you could remove that thwart.  I have considered selling mine and buying a 16' Penobscot as they don't have the extra thwart behind the front seat, but they're not royalex anymore.  I love the Penobscot hull.  Speed and secondary stability are excellent.

[Possum Head]

Big game will be floated out on a short tow rope as was/is traditionally done with seal, walrus, narwhale, etc.
A good way to keepem cooled down too!

[eidsvolling]

Originally posted by Flingblade:
eidsvolling,  That is a great idea.  I assume you ordered the extra seat from Old Town?  I would think with the extra seat mounted you could remove that thwart.  I have considered selling mine and buying a 16' Penobscot as they don't have the extra thwart behind the front seat, but they're not royalex anymore.  I love the Penobscot hull.  Speed and secondary stability are excellent.

Actually the seat is produced by    Essex Industries  in New York. (They may well be a supplier to Old Town.)

The thwart is substantially stronger as a brace than the seat, and personally I wouldn't remove it.

You're right about the hull. I bought it years ago with this place in mind, where I've seen any number of folks stuck on shore with their knees knocking while the wind blew:

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[Mitch Edwards]

I hunt on both sides of a river and one piece I've never hunted in the past 5-6 years is land locked. Really though hard about getting my native ultimate 12 fx and goin across to hunt it this year

[johnnyk71]

cool! are we going to hunt frogs from a flotilla next year?! should make for some awesome Bill Dance-style spills when Sniper bails out to grab a stuck frog, haha!

[John3]

My other Old Town.. 50# Stillwater.  Holds two and can haul up to 900#..

[Possum Head]

Hey Johnny our LEADER just refinished his Chimera so in an effort not to scratch his lower limb he'll have to stand in the new canoe to shoot