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I'm new to this site and have a question for the experts here. I've owned traditional canoes in the past. My first was a Mad river fiberglass back in the 80's. I currently have an Old Town 146 Saranac. It's a bit heavy and too awkward for me to load on my vehicle anymore. I have had several back surgeries and want a lighter canoe. I'm looking at the Adirondack Canoe Company Boreas with the traditional seating position or the Hornbeck Classic 14 with their floor seating position. I do plan on...

Hi all, First post here. I would like to find a lightweight - user friendly- canoe to bring on our trailer camping trips. My tow vehicle is a SRW F-350 with a mid rise ARE Cap so the roof rack is well over 7’ high - hence the requirement for lightweight. I’m thinking under 50lbs -lighter would be better …. The boat will be used mostly solo for fishing/recreation but it would be nice if the wife could join me when she wanted to. I’m a relatively fit 6’ 175lbs and the wife is about 125lbs...

My Hemlock SRT is a great dual function lake and whitewater solo canoe, but it's too tippy for me to stand up in with confidence. It's an adventure in equipoise even switching from a kneeling to a sitting position and vice versa. When paddling a twisty slow creek, swamp, marsh or vly, I often miss the ability to stand up and perhaps paddle-pole as I can do with my tandem canoes. But tandems are too long and much too heavy for the niche solo canoe I have in mind. Are their any very...